Justice Theis has participated in 47 civil procedure cases since taking her seat in 2011. She has supporting plaintiffs in 22 cases and voted for defendants 27 times. From 2011 to 2015, she voted for plaintiffs 12 times and for defendants in 17 cases. From 2016 to 2019, she split her votes evenly in 20 … Continue Reading
Chief Justice Burke participated in 63 civil procedure cases between 2007 and 2019, voting for plaintiffs in 30 cases and for defendants 33 times. From 2007 to 2010, she split her votes in 14 cases between plaintiffs and defendants. From 2011 to 2015, she voted for plaintiffs 13 times and for defendants in 16 cases. … Continue Reading
Justice Karmeier has participated in 77 civil procedure cases since he joined the Court in 2005. He has voted for plaintiffs in 30 of those cases and voted against plaintiffs 47 times. From 2005 to 2010, Justice Karmeier voted for plaintiffs in 11 of 28 cases. From 2011 to 2015, he voted for plaintiffs in … Continue Reading
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 … Continue Reading
Justice Kilbride has participated in 103 civil procedure cases since joining the Court, voting for plaintiffs 52 times and for defendants in 51 cases. Between 2001 and 2005, he voted for plaintiffs in 18 of 33 cases. Between 2006 and 2010, he voted for plaintiffs in 11 of 21 cases. From 2011 to 2015, he … Continue Reading
Since joining the Court in 2001, Justice Garman has participated in 104 cases primarily involving civil procedure issues. She has supported plaintiffs’ position in 43 of those cases and has supported defendants in 61. That record has been relatively consistent across time – she supported plaintiffs in 14 of 32 cases from 2001 to 2005, … Continue Reading
Between 2010 and 2019, the Supreme Court decided fifty-four cases primarily involving civil procedure issues. Defendants won 30 of those cases and lost 24. Between 2010 and 2012, defendants were 11-5. Between 2013 and 2017, defendants won only nine of nineteen cases. Over the past two years, defendants were 10-9. The Court decided 24 cases … Continue Reading
Between 2000 and 2009, the Supreme Court decided 54 civil procedure cases. Defendants won 28 cases and lost 26. Defendants were 9-5 in 2000 and 2001 and stayed near .500 for the rest of the decade. The Court decided 23 cases won by the defendants at the Appellate Court. The Court affirmed 11 of those … Continue Reading
This week in our ongoing review of the Justices’ voting records in various areas of law, we’re beginning our look at civil procedure cases. The Court decided 116 cases from 1990 to 1999 involving issues of civil procedure between 1990 and 1999. Defendants won 61 of those cases and plaintiffs won 55 cases. Defendants were … Continue Reading
Since joining the Supreme Court in 2011, Justice Theis has participated in 35 civil constitutional law cases. She has voted for defendants in 21 cases and for plaintiffs in 14 cases. From 2015 to 2019, Justice Theis has evenly split her voting in 24 cases – 12 times for defendants and 12 against them. Justice … Continue Reading
Chief Justice Burke has participated in 50 civil constitutional law cases since taking her seat. She has split her votes right down the middle, supporting defendants 25 times and voting for plaintiffs in 25 cases. Between 2006 and 2012, she voted for defendants in 14 cases and against them seven times. Between 2013 and 2019, … Continue Reading
Justice Karmeier has participated in 63 civil cases since taking his seat primarily involving constitutional law issues. He has voted for defendants 36 times, and against defendants in 27 cases. Between 2005 and 2012, he voted for defendants in 25 cases and against them in only 8. Since that time, he has voted for defendants … Continue Reading
Justice Thomas has participated in 81 civil cases primarily involving constitutional law issues. He has supported the defendant in 49 cases and has voted against defendants 32 times. Between 2001 and 2012, he supported defendants in 35 such cases while voting against defendants 16 times. Since that time, he has voted for defendants 14 times … Continue Reading
Justice Kilbride has participated in 85 constitutional law cases since taking his seat on the Court. He has supported defendants’ position, at least in part, in 50 cases while supporting plaintiffs in 35 cases. He supported defendants in 24 cases between 2001 and 2006 while voting for plaintiffs in 10 cases. Between 2007 and 2015, … Continue Reading
Today, we’re beginning our review of the individual Justices’ voting records in civil constitutional law cases. Justice Garman has participated in 84 civil constitutional law cases during her tenure, voting for the defendant, at least in part, in 51 cases and for the plaintiff 33 times. She supported defendants in 10 of 12 cases in … Continue Reading
Between 2010 and 2019, defendants in civil constitutional law cases at the Supreme Court split results almost evenly, winning 21 cases while losing 19. Between 2010 and 2014, defendants won 13 of 16 games. Since 2015, defendants have won eight while losing 16. The Court reviewed 18 civil constitutional law cases won by the defendant … Continue Reading
Between 2000 and 2009, defendants in civil cases involving constitutional law issues won 28 cases while losing only 16. Defendants were 5-1 in 2001, 4-0 in 2005, 4-1 in 2006 and 6-2 in 2008. Defendants were a good bit more successful in this decade at defending their Appellate Court wins than they had been in … Continue Reading
This week, we’re beginning a new area of law in our ongoing study of the individual Justices’ voting records – constitutional law cases. First up, we’ll review defendants’ overall won-loss record, one decade at a time, and then look at the data in terms of defendants’ wins from the Appellate Court which were affirmed at … Continue Reading
Today, we’re concluding our review of the individual Justices’ voting records in tort cases. Justice Theis has participated in 55 tort cases since her tenure began in 2010. Justice Theis has voted for defendants in 38 of those cases and voted for plaintiffs 17 times. From 2010 to 2013, she voted for defendants 21 times … Continue Reading
For the past few weeks, we’ve been studying the Court’s collective and individual voting records in tort cases. Chief Justice Burke participated in ninety civil tort cases since taking her seat on the Court. She has voted for defendants’ position (at least in part) in 57 cases and voted for plaintiffs 33 times. Between 2006 … Continue Reading
Since joining the Supreme Court, Justice Karmeier has participated in 109 tort cases. He has voted for defendants in 73 of those cases and for plaintiffs 36 times. Between 2005 and 2008, he voted for defendants in 23 cases and for plaintiffs 15 times. Between 2009 and 2012, he voted for defendants 26 times and … Continue Reading
Through the end of 2019, Justice Thomas had voted in 141 tort cases. He voted for defendants in 93 of those cases and voted for plaintiffs 48 times. Justice Thomas’ voting patterns in tort cases have remained relatively stable throughout his tenure. From 2001 to 2004, he voted 30 times for defendants, 16 for plaintiffs. … Continue Reading
We’ve seen over the past several posts that tort defendants have fared well at the Court in the years since 1990. Justice Kilbride has been in the minority of many of these cases since 2001. For the years 2001 to 2019, Justice Kilbride has voted for tort defendants’ position in 73 cases while voting against … Continue Reading
Over the past few weeks, we’ve been reviewing the Court’s thirty year record in civil tort cases – defendants’ overall won-loss records, the frequency with which the Court affirms (or reverses) defendants’ wins from the Appellate Court, and the frequency with which the Court reverses (or affirms) decisions lost by defendants below. Now let’s take … Continue Reading
