For the past several weeks, we’ve been reviewing the areas of law which the California Supreme Court has drawn its civil and criminal dockets from during the years 2000 to 2015. This week, we address the civil docket between 2010 and 2015.
For 2010, employment was far in front of every other area, contributing nine
Today, we continue our analysis of the areas of law covered by the California Supreme Court in its civil and criminal dockets by addressing the criminal dockets during the years 2008 and 2009.
In 2008, the Court decided 26 automatic death penalty appeals, but with the criminal side of the docket slightly busier, the death
For the past two weeks, we’ve been reviewing the areas of law covered by the California Supreme Court’s civil and criminal dockets, year by year, beginning in 2000. Today and tomorrow, we address the criminal docket between 2005 and 2009.
Death penalty appeals were up sharply in 2005. The Court decided 25 automatic death penalty
Last year, we looked at the areas of law which the California Supreme Court drew its civil docket from between 2005 and 2007. Today, we turn to the final two years of this second five-year period, 2008 and 2009.
Arbitration law, well down on the docket in previous years, shot to the top in 2008
Today, we continue our analysis of the areas of law involved in the California Supreme Court’s docket with a look at the civil docket between 2005 and 2007.
Tort law was down somewhat from 2004 to 2005, amounting to only 14% of the civil docket. The Court heard six cases each – 12% of the
Yesterday, we addressed the areas of law comprising the California Supreme Court’s criminal docket between 2000 and 2002. Today, we turn to the final two years of this initial five-year period – 2003 and 2004.
Death penalty decisions were up sharply in 2003. The Court decided 19 death penalty appeals in 2003, accounting for 30.65%
Last week, we began a close look at the areas of law decided by the California Supreme Court in its civil and criminal dockets. We began by addressing the civil docket for the years 2000 through 2004. Today, we turn to the criminal docket for the same years.
In 2000, the Court decided fifteen death
Yesterday, we began our review of the areas of law producing the California Supreme Court’s civil and criminal dockets between 2000 and 2002. Today, we address the civil docket for the years 2003 and 2004.
The data for 2003 is reported below in Table 51. Tort law cases were down significantly, but were still the
Last week, we wrapped up our detailed analysis of the originating jurisdictions for the California Supreme Court’s civil, criminal and automatic appeal death penalty dockets between 2000 and 2015. Today, we begin a new phase of our analysis – what areas of the law does the Court draw its docket from?
In Table 48 below,
Today, we conclude our analysis of the originating jurisdictions for the California Supreme Court’s civil, criminal and death penalty dockets between 2000 and 2015.
We began our analysis by reviewing the top ten counties in California in terms of population. How closely do those counties’ share of the population match their shares of each docket?