For the past several weeks, we’ve been taking a close look at reversal rates at the Illinois Supreme Court, analyzing two questions: (1) has the Court reviewed more defendant wins or plaintiff wins from the Appellate Court in each area of law; and (2) do the Court’s reversal rates differ significantly depending on the area
Yesterday, we took a look at the criminal docket at the Illinois Supreme Court between 2005 and 2009 – specifically, the fraction of the Court’s caseload, one area of the law at a time, which consisted of defendants prevailing below, versus government wins which the Court decided to review. Today, we address the follow-up question
Last week, we continued our close look at the Illinois Supreme Court’s reversal rates, divided by the area of law and the prevailing party below, with a look at the civil docket between 2005 and 2009. Today, we continue our analysis of that period with a look at the criminal, quasi-criminal, juvenile and disciplinary docket.
Yesterday, we began our analysis of the Illinois Supreme Court’s civil docket during the second five years of our period of study, 2005-2009. Today, we continue that study by addressing whether the Court tended to reverse either pro-defendant or pro-plaintiff decisions at a higher rate in any particular area of the law during those years.
Over the past two weeks, we’ve been taking a close look at reversal rates on the Illinois Supreme Court’s civil and criminal dockets, divided by area of the law. Today, we begin looking at the years 2005-2009.
Tort was slightly down during these years, comprising 22.62% of the civil docket. Civil procedure was still in
Last week, we showed that between 2000 and 2004, in a variety of areas of civil law, the Court tended to review more liberal decisions from the Appellate Court than conservative ones. Yesterday, we showed that things were at least somewhat more balanced during those years on the criminal side. The Court reviewed more liberal
Last week, we began taking a closer look at reversal rates before the Illinois Supreme Court, dividing the data by area of the law. This week, we turn to the criminal docket.
In Table 307 below, we report the percentage of the Court’s criminal, quasi-criminal, juvenile and disciplinary docket accounted for by various areas of
Yesterday, we showed that between 2000 and 2004, the Illinois Supreme Court reviewed more liberal Appellate Court decisions than conservative ones in most areas of the civil law. Today, we address the question left unanswered by that analysis: how does the Court’s reversal rate vary among areas of the law, depending on whether the Appellate
Over the past few weeks, we’ve been analyzing the Illinois Supreme Court’s civil and criminal dockets, looking at the performance of individual Districts of the Appellate Court. Now, we’ll disaggregate the data divided into areas of the law and ask two questions: (1) Does the Court tend to take more liberal or conservative Appellate Court
Yesterday, we reviewed “true” reversal rates for each District of the Appellate Court in civil cases before the Illinois Supreme Court since 2007 – which we defined as the cases reversed by the Supreme Court divided by the total number of cases disposed of by the Court, both on the merits and in PLAs. Today,