This time, we’re turning our attention to a new area of the Court’s civil docket – cases involving the conduct, authority and procedures of government agencies and officers. For our purposes in this and the three posts following, we’re defining “government” parties as anyone whose claim or defense is based upon the powers or conduct
How Have Defendants Fared in Workers Compensation Cases Since 1990 (Part 4 of 4)
The Court has decided only three workers compensation cases since 2013 – two in 2015 and one in 2018.
Two of the Supreme Court’s three workers compensation cases were won by defendants at the Court of Appeal.
The two defendants who had won their cases at the Court of Appeal evenly split at the Supreme
How Have Defendants Fared in Workers Compensation Cases Since 1990 (Part 3 of 4)
The Court decided six workers compensation cases from 2006 to 2013 – two in 2007, one each in 2008, 2009, 2011 and 2013.
The Court’s light workers compensation docket consisted of four cases won by the plaintiffs below and only two involving defendants’ wins for these years.
Defendants who won Workers Compensation cases below won
How Have Defendants Fared in Workers Compensation Cases Since 1990 (Part 2 of 4)
Today, we’re continuing our review of the Supreme Court’s workers comp cases, turning our attention to the cases decided between 1998 and 2005.
In all, the Court decided exactly the same number of cases 1998-2005 that it had 1990-1997: fourteen. The Court decided three cases in 1998, one in 1999, two in 2000, six in
How Have Defendants Fared in Workers Compensation Cases Since 1990?
As we continue our issue-by-issue examination of the Court’s voting patterns in various areas of law, this week and next we’re addressing the Court’s workers compensation decisions.
Between 1990 and 1997, the Court decided fourteen workers compensation cases in all – one in 1990, two each in 1991 and 1992, five in 1993, none in
How Have Defendants Fared in Civil Constitutional Law Cases (Part 4 of 4)?
Today, we’re finishing our trip through the Court’s docket of civil constitutional law cases, 1990-2018.
Civil constitutional law cases have been comparatively uncommon on the Court’s docket from 2014 to 2019. The Court has heard only fifteen cases in all: one in 2014, two each in 2015 and 2016, five in 2017, three in 2018
How Have Defendants Fared in Civil Constitutional Law Cases (Part 3)?
Constitutional law cases were down sharply as a share of the Supreme Court’s civil docket between 2006 and 2013, with the Court deciding only thirty cases – five in 2006, nine in 2007, two in 2008, two in 2009, four in 2010, five in 2011, one in 2012 and two in 2013.
Although the docket
How Have Defendants Fared in Civil Constitutional Law Cases Since 1990 (Part 2)?
Last time, we reviewed the data for the Court’s civil constitutional law cases between 1990 and 1997. This time, we’re looking at the numbers for the years 1998 to 2005.
Constitutional law cases were slightly up for the years 1998 to 2005, with the Court deciding fifty-three civil constitutional law cases. Specifically, the Court decided
How Have Defendants Fared in Civil Constitutional Law Cases Since 1990 (Part 1)?
Today, we’re continuing our ongoing series of posts looking at the Court’s performance over the years, one area of law at a time. This week, we’re looking at the Court’s history with civil constitutional law cases (for purposes of this analysis, we’re disregarding the constitutional law cases which arise in criminal cases).
Between 1990 and
How Have Defendants in Employment Law Cases Fared at the Supreme Court (Part 3)?
With this post, we review the most recent data on the Court’s and individual Justice’s experience with employment law cases.
From 1990 to 2018, defendants in employment law cases who had prevailed at the Court of Appeal were slightly below .500 at the Supreme Court, winning twenty-six and losing thirty. Between 2010 and 2018, winning