This week, we’re looking at a new topic in our ongoing review of the Court’s work: which Districts of the Appellate Court contributed the Supreme Court’s civil docket since 1990.
Between 1990 and 1994, the civil docket was far from evenly distributed, either among the Districts of the Appellate Court, or among the Divisions of
Yesterday, we reviewed the average votes to affirm criminal cases from the First District at the Supreme Court between 1990 and 2017. Today, we’re reviewing the numbers for the rest of the state.
The Second District’s votes to affirm in criminal cases has been equally distributed. For nine years, the votes to affirm was four
Last week, we reviewed the data across the Districts and Divisions of the Appellate Court for yearly average votes to affirm the Appellate Court’s decisions in civil cases before the Supreme Court. This week, we’re looking at votes to affirm in criminal cases.
In Table 943, we report the data for Division One of the
Last time, we began reviewing the performance of each District and Division of the Appellate Court for the years 1990 to 2017 using a different metric: average votes each year to affirm the Appellate Court’s decision, regardless of whether the ultimate result was to affirm or reverse. After reviewing the numbers for Chicago’s First District
For the past two weeks, we’ve been reviewing the reversal rates before the Supreme Court of each District and Division of the Appellate Court since 1990. But not all affirmances (or reversals) are created equal. A 4-3 reversal is arguably a different thing than a 7-0 reversal (and the same goes for affirmances by those
Yesterday, we reviewed the District-by-District reversal rates in criminal cases for the courts of Chicago’s First District. Today, we’re reviewing the data for the rest of the state.
But first, let’s review the criminal cases decided in the First District for which we couldn’t determine a specific Division (the vast majority of these cases fall
Last week, we reviewed the data on reversal rates for the various Districts and Divisions of the Appellate Court in civil cases at the Supreme Court. This week, we’re taking a look at the criminal docket.
In Table 918, we report the overall reversal rate for each intermediate Court in the 1,361 criminal and quasi-criminal
Last time, we reviewed the three-year floating reversal rate in civil cases from 1990 to 2017 of the Divisions of Chicago’s First District of the Appellate Court. This time, we’re turning our attention to the rest of the state. For Districts Two through Five, the highest long-term reversal rate was the Fifth District – 72.83%
This week, we’re looking at one of the most frequently seen analytics about appellate decision-making and courts of last resort: which Appellate Court has the highest (and lowest) reversal rate. First, a few words about method. We define criminal and quasi-criminal cases in our database as criminal, quasi-criminal cases like habeas corpus, juvenile and mental
Yesterday, we began our further examination of the Court’s experience with cases with a dissent at the Appellate Court. We asked whether civil cases with a dissent were systematically more or less likely to be reversed than cases which were decided unanimously. Today, we’re asking the same question on the criminal side of the docket.