Chief Justice Burke has participated in 33 domestic relations cases.  She has voted for defendants’ position in 14 cases and against defendants 19 times.  From 2007 to 2009, she voted for defendants in three of nine cases.  From 2010 to 2014, she voted for defendants in seven of fifteen cases.  From 2015 to 2019, she voted for defendants in four of nine cases.

Fourteen of those cases were won by the defendants below.  Chief Justice Burke voted to affirm in three of those fourteen cases and voted to reverse, in whole or in part, eleven times.  From 2007 to 2009, she voted to reverse in all five cases.  From 2010 to 2014, she voted to affirm twice and to reverse five times.  From 2015 to 2019, she voted to affirm in one of two cases.

Nineteen cases were lost by defendants at the Appellate Court.  Chief Justice Burke voted to reverse, in whole or in part, eleven times and voted to affirm eight times.  From 2007 to 2009, she voted to reverse in three of four cases.  From 2010 to 2014, she voted to reverse in five of eight cases.  From 2015 to 2019, she voted to reverse three times and to affirm in four cases.

Join us back here tomorrow as we complete our review of the Justices’ voting records in domestic relations cases.

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