Since joining the Court in 2015, Justice Kruger has written 49 opinions in civil cases: 32 majorities, 10 concurrences and seven dissents. All of her dissents were in 2016 (4 dissents) and 2017 (3 dissents). Justice Kruger wrote two concurrences per year in 2017, 2018 and 2019, three in 2020 and one in 2021. Justice
This week, we begin our review of the tenure of Justice Leondra Kruger. Justice Kruger took her seat in 2015, replacing Justice Joyce L. Kennard. Since joining the Court, Justice Kruger has participated in 219 civil cases – 27 in 2015, 36 in 2016, 42 in 2017, 32 in 2018, 34 in 2019, 29 in
Justice Liu has written 67 majority opinions in criminal cases since joining the Court in 2011. He has written 27 majority opinions in criminal cases (40.3% of the total). He has written ten opinions in sentencing cases, seven in criminal procedure cases, six cases involving violent crimes, five cases involving juvenile offenses and four habeas
In this and the following post, we’ll be completing our six-part review of Justice Goodwin Liu’s tenure to date, looking at the areas of civil and criminal law in which he’s written his majority and minority opinions. Note once again that to maintain an even playing field, 2021 data is through the same date for
In part 4 of our review of Justice Liu’s tenure, we’re reviewing the data on how in sync with the Court’s shifting majorities he has been during his tenure. More specifically, we’re calculating the percentage of civil and criminal cases in which Justice Liu has been in complete agreement with the majority (in other words,
Today, we’re continuing our review of Justice Goodwin Liu’s tenure with an in-depth look at his voting record on the Court.
Since joining the Court, Justice Liu has cast 106 votes to affirm, 157 votes to reverse and 24 split votes to affirm in part and reverse in part in civil cases. Affirm votes have
Since joining the Court in 2011, Justice Liu has written 84 opinions in civil cases – 52 majority opinions, 22 concurrences and 10 dissents. His heaviest year for majority opinions was 2013 with eight. His lightest full years, with four majorities each, were 2014, 2015, 2018 and 2020. His heaviest years for concurrences were 2015
This week, we’re beginning a six-part review of the tenure of Justice Goodwin Liu. Justice Liu took his seat on the Supreme Court on September 1, 2011.
Since that time, he has participated in 311 civil cases. His heaviest year for civil cases was 2017, when he participated in 42. His lightest full year was
We conclude with the Chief Justice’s record in majority and dissenting opinions for criminal, quasi-criminal, mental health and juvenile justice cases. The Chief Justice has written 81 majority opinions in criminal cases. Forty-one of those eighty-one opinions were in death penalty cases. She has written a dozen majority opinions each in criminal procedure and sentencing
We’re concluding our review of Chief Justice Cantil-Sakauye’s tenure to date with a look at her majority and dissenting opinions.
The Chief Justice has written 49 majority opinions in civil cases. The leading topic is civil procedure with fifteen, followed by government and administrative law (10 majorities), constitutional law (6 majorities), tort law (5 majorities)