Justice Cuellar participated in 35 criminal sentencing cases between joining the Court in 2015 and the end of 2019. He has supported defendants’ position in 18 of those cases and voted against defendants 17 times.
Ten of those cases were won by the defendants at the Court of Appeal. Justice Cuellar has voted to affirm
Since joining the Supreme Court, Justice Cuellar has participated in 27 criminal procedure cases. He has voted for defendants’ positions in 14 of those cases and against defendants 13 times.
Only six of those cases were won by the defendants below. Justice Cuellar voted to affirm one of those decisions and voted to reverse, in
Since joining the Court, Justice Cuellar has participated in twenty criminal constitutional law cases. He has voted for defendants in 11 of those cases, and against them nine times.
Only five of those cases were won by the defendant at the Court of Appeal. Justice Cuellar voted to affirm three of those defense wins and
Between 2015, when he joined the Court, and 2019, Justice Cuellar has participated in forty civil procedure cases. He has voted for plaintiffs 26 times and for defendants in 14 cases.
Twenty-four of those cases were won by the plaintiff at the Court of Appeal. Justice Cuellar has voted to affirm 13 of those plaintiffs
Justice Cuellar has participated in seventeen civil constitutional law cases since taking since seat on the Court. He has voted for defendants in five of those cases and against defendants 12 times. Between 2015 and 2017, he voted for defendants in only one of nine cases. He voted against defendants in all three civil constitutional
This week, we’re reviewing the voting records in tort cases of our final three Justices: Justices Cuellar, Kruger and Groban.
Justice Cuellar has participated in seventeen tort cases since taking his seat in 2015. He has voted for defendants in seven cases and for plaintiffs ten times. In 2015 and 2016, he supported tort plaintiffs
So far we’ve reviewed four Justices’ voting records in civil cases with insurers as named parties. Today, we’re looking at the data for Justice Cuellar.
Like Justice Liu, Justice Cuellar has split his votes right down the middle on the six insurer cases he’s participated in – three votes for the insurer’s position, three votes