We saw yesterday that between 1990 and 1999, insurers did quite well in insurance law cases at the Supreme Court, winning twenty while losing only twelve. Things took a sharp turn with the new decade, however; between 2000 and 2009, insurers won only seventeen cases while losing nineteen. Between 2000 and 2002, insurers won only
Today, we’re beginning a series of posts examining the Supreme Court’s record with insurance law cases since 1990.
First, let’s look at the simplest data point: the won-loss record for insurer parties. Between 1990 and 1999, insurers did quite well at the Court, winning twenty cases while losing only twelve. Insurers won four of six
Last week, we began our review of the lag time between each typical landmark of a non-death penalty criminal case. This week, we’re reviewing the data on briefing in such cases. First up: the average lag time from filing of the opening brief to filing of the appellant’s reply brief.
In 1990, the average was
The average lag time from the order appointing appellate counsel in non-death criminal cases to the filing of the opening brief was 30 days in 1990, 35.14 in 1991, 44.5 in 1992, 50.38 in 1993 and 38.38 days in 1994. The average jumped to 114.35 days in 1995 before falling back to 39.71 days in
For the past few weeks, we’ve been reviewing detailed lag time data for criminal (and civil cases). Now, we’re dividing death penalty and non-death criminal cases. First up, the average lag time from the date the non-death petition to review is granted to issuance of the order appointing appellate counsel.
In 1990, the average lag
Today, we’re concluding our trip through the death penalty lag time data with a look at the final step in capital litigation: the average wait from oral argument to decision.
In 1990, the average wait was 186.42 days (the result of an outlier case). In 1991, the average was 60.16 days. The average was then
Last week, we reviewed the data for the average wait between the end of briefing in death penalty cases and the oral argument. Today, we’re looking at a related question – does the lag time between briefing and oral argument suggest anything about the ultimate result in the case?
We divide the data into four
Today, we’re continuing our review of the death penalty lag time data, looking at the average wait from the filing of the final brief – whether that’s the party reply brief or an amicus or supplemental brief – to the oral argument.
In 1990, the average was 225.23 days. It was 265.92 in 1991, 217.3
Our next milestone in reviewing the lag time data for death penalty cases is the period from the end of party briefing – the filing of the reply brief – to the filing of the last supplemental or amicus brief (including replies to one or the other). Amicus briefs have been very rare in death
Today, we’re reviewing the data for the average length of time party briefing in death penalty cases take – the lag time from filing of the opening brief to filing of the reply.
The average wait was 237.65 days in 1990, 334.92 in 1991, 399.5 in 1992, 354.12 in 1993, 323.43 in 1994 and 344.4