Division 4’s average votes to affirm were in majority territory in three years in the 1990s: 1992, when the average was 4.43, 1995, when it was 4.5, and 1997, when it was 5.2. In 1990, average votes to affirm was 3.57. It fell to 2 in 1991 and 0.4 in 1993, then rose to 3.8
This week, we’re reviewing average votes to affirm in civil cases for Division Three of the First District of the Appellate Court.
Division Three was in majority territory only one year in the 1990s: 4.2 votes, 1997. Every other year, the average has been below 4: 3 (1990 & 1991), 1.83 (1992), 3.5 (1993), 1.5
Between 1990 and 1999, Division Two of the First District has been in majority territory only twice: 5 in 1993 and 4.67 in 1997. For the rest of the decade, the “average” civil decision reviewed by the Supreme Court commanded less than a majority: 2.33 votes (1990), 2 (1991), 3.5 (1992), 2.57 (1994), 3 (1995),
A few weeks ago, we reviewed the three-year floating average reversal rates for each of the Districts and Divisions of the Appellate Court. But of course, mere reversal rates don’t tell the whole story. There’s a big difference between a court getting affirmed (or reversed) 4-3 and a 7-0 decision. So this time, we’re looking
Yesterday, we showed that for the most part, the percentage of non-unanimous Appellate Court decisions on the Supreme Court’s docket is about the same on the civil and criminal dockets. Today, we’re asking the companion question – how important is publication at the Appellate Court? Last week, we showed that roughly sixty to eighty percent
Last week, we reviewed the data for what percentage of the Court’s civil cases had a dissenter or were published below. This week, we’re looking at the same question for the criminal side.
Between 1990 and 1994, nearly as many criminal cases as civil cases had a dissenter below – 21.74% (1990), 25.86% (1991), 11.96%
Yesterday, we showed that the Supreme Court regularly reviews roughly three civil cases which were unanimous decisions at the Appellate Court for every decision which had a dissenter below. Today, we’re looking at a similar question – how often does the Court review unpublished decisions?
Between 1990 and 1995, the share of published cases below
One often hears that in order to successfully petition for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court, a dissenter at the Appellate Court is crucial. But is it true? Today, we’re reviewing the Court’s civil docket. In order to look at the data across the entire thirty years, we calculate the percentage of civil cases
Last time, we reviewed the 3-year floating average reversal rates in criminal cases for the Divisions of the First District. In this post, we’re looking at the data for the rest of the state: the Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Districts of the Appellate Court, and direct appeals from trial court judgments.
Between 1992 and
This week, we’re looking at the reversal rate data for the criminal side of the docket. Once again, we’re using three-year floating average to tamp down wild swings in the data from year to year (at least a bit), and to avoid needless complexity in the math, we count a case as a reversal when