This week, we’re beginning a six-part review of the tenure of Justice Goodwin Liu. Justice Liu took his seat on the Supreme Court on September 1, 2011.
Since that time, he has participated in 311 civil cases. His heaviest year for civil cases was 2017, when he participated in 42. His lightest full year was
We conclude with the Chief Justice’s record in majority and dissenting opinions for criminal, quasi-criminal, mental health and juvenile justice cases. The Chief Justice has written 81 majority opinions in criminal cases. Forty-one of those eighty-one opinions were in death penalty cases. She has written a dozen majority opinions each in criminal procedure and sentencing
We’re concluding our review of Chief Justice Cantil-Sakauye’s tenure to date with a look at her majority and dissenting opinions.
The Chief Justice has written 49 majority opinions in civil cases. The leading topic is civil procedure with fifteen, followed by government and administrative law (10 majorities), constitutional law (6 majorities), tort law (5 majorities)
Today, we’re in the fourth part of our six-part review of Chief Justice Cantil-Sakauye’s tenure. This time, we’re reviewing the data on how often the Chief Justice is in the majority.
The short answer: a lot. Since joining the Court, the Chief Justice has voted in the majority in 96.69% of her civil cases. The
We’re on to the third part of our six-part review of Chief Justice Cantil-Sakauye’s tenure at the Supreme Court. Today, we’re reviewing the Chief Justice’s voting record.
The Chief Justice has voted to affirm 114 times since 2011. She has voted to reverse 169 times and cast split votes to affirm in part and reverse
This time, we’re reviewing the Chief Justice’s opinions.
Since joining the Court, Chief Justice Cantil-Sakauye has written 49 majority opinions in civil cases. She has written seven concurring opinions and only four dissents. Only once has she written more than one civil dissent in a given year – two in 2019. The same is true
This week, we’re continuing our review of the individual Justices’ tenures. Next up: Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye.
The Chief Justice has participated in 332 civil cases since joining the Court in 2011 (note that we’re applying the same cut-off date for all Justices’ 2021 cases). Her heaviest full year was 2017, when she sat on
Today, we’re completing our six-part review of Justice Corrigan’s tenure. Justice Corrigan has so far written 131 majority opinions in criminal law cases and 15 dissents.
Justice Corrigan has written forty-five majority opinions in death penalty cases. She has written 24 majorities in criminal procedure cases, 15 sentencing law cases, a dozen constitutional law cases,
Today and tomorrow, we’re concluding our six-part review of the tenure of Justice Carol Corrigan of the Supreme Court. Justice Corrigan has written 83 majority opinions in civil cases and 14 dissents. She has written 20 opinions in civil procedure cases, 14 involving government and administrative law, nine each in employment law and tort law
Across her entire tenure, Justice Corrigan has voted with the majority in 94.04% of civil cases. She has reached 100% twice – in 2018 and so far in 2021. She has been in the majority more than 95% of the time (but less than 100%) five times – 2006 (95.74%), 2009 (97.62%), 2012 (96.15%), 2014