Since joining the Court, Justice Thomas has participated in 98 civil procedure cases.  He has voted for plaintiffs’ position in 40 of those cases and against plaintiffs in 58.  From 2001 to 2005, Justice Thomas voted for plaintiffs in 14 of 32 cases.  From 2006 to 2010, he voted for plaintiffs eight times and against them in 11 cases.  From 2011 to 2015, he voted for plaintiffs nine times and against in 18 cases.  From 2016 to 2019, he voted for plaintiffs in nine of 20 cases.

Fifty of those 98 cases were won by plaintiffs at the Appellate Court.  Justice Thomas has voted to affirm 18 of those wins and to reverse, in whole or in part, 32 times.  From 2001 to 2005, he voted to affirm five plaintiffs’ wins and to reverse nine times.  From 2006 to 2010, he voted to affirm only three of 12 decisions.  From 2011 to 2015, he voted to affirm four of 12 plaintiffs wins.  From 2016 to 2019, he voted to affirm six times and to reverse in whole or in part six times.

Justice Thomas has participated in 50 civil procedure cases lost by the plaintiffs below.  He has voted to reverse in 20 of those cases and to affirm 30 times.  From 2001 to 2005, he voted to reverse in seven of 20 cases.  From 2006 to 2010, he voted to reverse five times and to affirm only twice.  From 2011 to 2015, Justice Thomas voted to reverse in five of 15 cases.  From 2016 to 2019, he voted to reverse three times and to affirm in five cases.

Join us back here next time as we turn our attention to Justice Karmeier’s voting record in civil procedure cases.

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