Last week, we began reviewing the winning percentage in civil cases of governmental entity appellants, year by year and one area of law at a time. We began with the years 1994 through 2005. This week, we’re reviewing the most recent years, starting today with the data for the years 2006 through 2012.
Overall for
Yesterday, we reviewed governmental entities’ winning percentage, year by year and area of law by area of civil law, for the years 1994 through 1999. Today, we turn our attention to the years 2000 through 2005.
The government won both of its two cases arising in government and administrative law in 2000, and its one
For the past few weeks, we’ve been studying appeals brought to the California Supreme Court by governmental entities – specifically, which areas do governmental entities tend to most often appeal in civil cases? This week, we begin our look at the natural follow-up question: how often do governmental entities win those appeals?
We begin with
Last time, we reviewed the areas of the law which governmental entities appealed between 2006 and 2012. Today, we complete the cycle, reviewing the years 2013 through 2016.
The most striking thing about the Court’s civil docket between 2013 and 2016 as it relates to governmental entity appellants is just how few of them there
Last week, we reviewed the year-by-year data for the areas of law in which the government has appealed from 1990 through 2005. Today, we address the record for the years 2006 through 2012.
Surprisingly, the leading area of law for the court’s governmental entity cases between 2006 and 2012 was environmental law at 12 cases.
Yesterday, we began reviewing the areas of law in which government entities have pursued civil appeals since 1994. Today, we’re addressing the years 2000 through 2005.
Like our previous period, constitutional law and government and administrative law cases dominated the docket of cases appealed by government entities. Government entities appealed eighteen constitutional law cases, a
For the past two weeks, we’ve been considering how the Court’s civil and criminal cases were distributed among the Districts and Divisions of the Court of Appeal. This week, we consider the same issue we began at the Illinois Supreme Court Review earlier in the week – which areas of law did government entities pursue
Yesterday, we reviewed the year-by-year data on the State’s appearances as appellant and respondent in criminal cases from 1994 to 2016. Today, we review the State’s winning percentage in each role.
The State won 80.95% of its cases as petition in 1994, 93.75% in 1995, 64.29% in 1996 and 88.89% in 1997. The State won
Last week, we reviewed how often public entities appeared as appellant and respondent in civil cases, and how often the public entities prevailed. This week, we review the Court’s experience in criminal cases.
The Court decided twenty-one criminal cases in 1994 where the State was the appellant. The Court heard sixteen such cases in 1995,
Last week, we began our review of the Court’s experience with governmental entities. This week, we’re evaluating governmental entities’ winning percentage.
Petitioners won 85.71% of their cases in 1994, 59.09% in 1995 and 100% in 1996. Petitioners won 85.71% in 1997, 64.29% in 1998, 57.14% in 1999 and 71.43% in 2000.
In 2001, petitioners won