For the last couple of weeks, we’ve been reviewing the Supreme Court’s experience with criminal cases, beginning with the years 1990 through 2005. This week, we begin our trip through the Supreme Court’s criminal docket.
As we discussed two weeks ago, the First District accounted for 16.12% of the state’s population in 1990. The Court
Yesterday, we reviewed the year-by-year data for the distribution of the Court’s civil docket among the Districts and Divisions of the Court of Appeal. Today, we review the most recent data, from 2012 to year-to-date 2017.
The Court heard twenty-four cases from the First District during this time. The Court decided one case from Division
Last week, we reviewed the year-by-year distribution of the Court’s civil docket among the Districts and Divisions of the Court of Appeal for the years 1994 through 2005. Today, we review the data for the years 2006 through 2011.
The Court has decided forty-five civil cases which originated in the First District. The Court decided
Yesterday, we began our review of the distribution of the Court’s civil cases at the Districts (and Divisions) of the Court of Appeal, reviewing the data for the years 1994 through 1999. Today, we review the data for the years 2000 through 2005.
The Court heard a total of 45 cases from the First District.
Last week, we reviewed the government’s record in civil and criminal appeals. This week, we begin our review of which Districts of the Court of Appeal have produced the most civil cases each year.
Just as we did earlier this week in our study of the Illinois Supreme Court’s caseload, we use population distribution as
For the past several weeks, we’ve looked at the Court’s record with death penalty appeals. This week and next, we’re looking at the Court’s record with parties that are governmental entities.
In Table 308, we report the year-by-year data for governmental entity petitioners, beginning in 1994. The numbers have varied widely. The Court decided seven
Today, we conclude our series on the originating jurisdictions, year-by-year, of the Court’s civil docket.
In 2014, as usual, Los Angeles led, originating ten of the Court’s civil cases. Two cases between in Alameda County and the United States District Court for the Central District of California. One case apiece started in Riverside, Ventura, Tuolumne,
This week, we conclude our series of posts on the originating jurisdictions, year-by-year, of the California Supreme Court’s civil docket – not the first trial court, but the council, agency or department where the case began. Today, we look at the years 2011 through 2013.
As usual, in 2011, the Los Angeles County Superior Court
Today, we continue our ongoing series of posts about the originating jurisdictions of the California Supreme Court’s civil docket with the years 2009 and 2010.
The data for 2009 is reported in Table 242 below. That year, Los Angeles County originated twelve cases. San Diego originated five. Orange County produced four, San Francisco County three,
For the past two weeks, we’ve been reviewing the originating jurisdictions – not the first trial court, but the first authority, whether agency, council or board – for the California Supreme Court’s civil docket between 1994 and 2016. Today, we’ve reached 2006.
Table 239 reports the data for 2006. The Los Angeles Superior Court originated