This time, we’re looking at the second part of our analysis for the years 2000 through 2009 – excluding unanimous affirmances, how many votes to affirm the Appellate Court did each District and Division average?

In 2000, decisions from the Second District fared best, averaging 2.5 votes to affirm.  The Fourth District and the Second and Fourth Divisions of the First averaged 2 votes.  In 2001, Division Three of the First District averaged 4.5 votes to affirm.  In 2002, Division Five of the First District averaged 3.5 votes to affirm, while Divisions Two, Three, Four and Six of the First and the Second District averaged zero.  In 2003, Division Five of the First District averaged five votes to affirm, while Divisions Two, Four and Six of the First averaged zero.  In 2004, Division Five of the First District averaged 2.67 votes to affirm, while Divisions Three and Six averaged zero.

In 2005, the Fourth District averaged six votes to affirm.  Division One of the First and the Third District were next at three votes, and Divisions Two, Three, Four, Five and Six of the First all averaged zero votes to affirm.  In 2006, Division Six of the First District averaged six votes to affirm, and Division One of the First and the Third District averaged four votes to affirm.  In 2007, cases from the Fourth District averaged 2.6 votes to affirm and Division Four of the First District averaged 2.5, while Divisions Three and Five of the First and the Second, Third and Fifth Districts averaged zero votes.  In 2008, Division One of the First averaged six votes while Division Five averaged five.  In 2009, only three districts – Division Five of the First (2.5 votes), the Fourth District (2.25) and the Fifth District (0.14 votes) averaged more than zero votes to affirm.

Join us back here next time as we address the years 2010 through 2020.

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