This time, we’re reviewing the reversal rates for the Divisions of the Second District in civil cases from 2010 through 2019.
Overall for Second District cases, the reversal rates were 100% in wills and estates, domestic relations and property law cases. The reversal rate was 80% for arbitration law and commercial law. The rate was
For the years 2010 through 2019, overall reversal rates for First District civil cases were 100% in insurance cases, environmental law, arbitration, tax, commercial law and election law. The reversal rate in tort was 80%. The rate for employment law cases was 71.4%. Two-thirds of domestic relations cases were reversed. The reversal rate for civil
Overall reversal rates for the years 2000-2009 in wills and estates law, environmental law and election law were 100%. The reversal rate for government and administrative law cases was 74.19%. The rate for employment law cases was 73.68%. The rate for domestic relations and arbitration law was 71.43%. Working our way down the line, the
This time, we’re reviewing the data for reversal rates on civil cases from the Second District between 2000 and 2009.
All the contract law cases from the Second District during these years were reversed. The reversal rate was 85.7% for workers compensation and 83.3% for commercial law cases. The reversal rate in arbitration was 77.8%.
Today, we’re reviewing civil reversal rates by area of law for the decade of 2000 through 2009. Tops was the reversal rate in wills & estates and workers’ compensation cases – 100%. The Supreme Court reversed 80% of the domestic relations cases it heard from the First District. The Court reversed 77.8% of constitutional law
This time, we’re concluding our examination of the reversal rates of the Courts of Appeal in civil cases during the 1990s. Overall, reversal rates were 100% with respect to property law, contract law and arbitration. Government and administrative law and domestic relations decisions were reversed 83.33% of the time. The reversal rate for insurance was
This time, we’re reviewing reversal rates during the 1990s for the seven then-active divisions of the Second District (Division Eight wasn’t created until later).
Overall, 100% of decisions were reversed in environmental law, contract law and secured transactions. The reversal rate in government and administrative law was 90.91%. Tort law saw an overall reversal rate
Today we’re beginning a new series of posts. We’re returning to the subject of reversal rates but looking at the data from a slightly different point of view. This time, we’re considering reversal rates by the area of law addressed in a case. First up, reversal rates for the First District Court of Appeal for
Reprinted with permission from the October 2017 issue of ALI CLE’s The Practical Lawyer.
On Lex Machina’s platform, counsel can use the “motion kickstarter” to survey recent motions before the assigned trial judge. The “motion chain” links together the briefing and the eventual order for each motion, so counsel can identify the arguments which
Reprinted with permission from the October 2017 issue of ALI CLE’s The Practical Lawyer.
Cross-posted from the Illinois Supreme Court Review.
“In God we trust. All others must bring data.”
— Professor William Edwards Deming
All of us who often speak and write about the ongoing revolution in data analytics for litigation have heard