This time, we’ve reached the home stretch in our review of Justice Theis’ tenure. In this post, we’re reviewing the areas of law in which she’s written civil majority and civil dissents. Next time, we’ll be looking at the criminal side of the ledger. And once again – the data for 2021 is still partial,
As our review of Justice Theis’ tenure continues, this time we’re assessing the degree to which Justice Theis is in sync with the majority of the Court by measuring her dissent rate. In Table 1847, we report the fraction of civil cases, year by year, in which Justice Theis joined the majority.
Justice Theis’ highest
This time, we’re reviewing Justice Theis’ voting record. In civil cases, Justice Theis has cast 141 votes to affirm, 151 votes to reverse and 49 split votes to affirm in part and reverse in part. Justice Theis’ biggest year for affirmances was 2015 with 20; her lightest full year was 2012 at 6. 2012 was
Since joining the Supreme Court in 2010, Justice Theis has written a total of 66 opinions – 51 majority opinions, three special concurrences and 12 dissents. Her heaviest workload for majority opinions was in 2015, when she wrote seven. Her heaviest year for civil dissents was 2019 with four (she wrote only five majority opinions
This week, we’re beginning our review of the tenure of Justice Mary Jane Theis. Justice Theis took her seat on the Supreme Court on October 26, 2010, after being elevated from the Appellate Court for the First District.
Before we begin a reminder – “agreement” for purposes of calculating agreement rates is defined as complete
Chief Justice Burke has written seventy majority opinions in criminal cases. Her most frequent topic is criminal procedure, with seventeen majorities. She has written sixteen opinions on constitutional law and ten involving sentencing issues. She’s written eight majorities involving violent crime issues, seven in habeas corpus cases and six in juvenile justice cases. She’s written
In these concluding posts, we’re reviewing the majority and dissenting opinions written by the Chief Justice.
Just over half of the Chief Justice’s majority opinions in civil cases have related to one of three areas of law: tort (17 opinions), civil procedure (16 opinions) and government and administrative law (13 opinions). She has written eleven
Today, we’re in the fourth part of our six-part review of the tenure of Chief Justice Anne Burke. Today’s question – how often is the Chief Justice part of the majority?
Across her entire tenure, the Chief Justice has been in the majority in 93.39% of all civil cases she has participated in. She has
Today, we’re reviewing Chief Justice Anne Burke’s voting record. In civil cases, she has voted to affirm outright 205 times. She has cast split votes – affirm in part, reverse in part – 73 times. She has voted to reverse 225 times. Chief Justice Burke’s heaviest year with affirm votes was 2020 – 35 votes.
This time, we’re reviewing Chief Justice Anne Burke’s opinions since joining the Court in 2006. One note before we begin – I’ve cut off the tabulations for 2021 at the same date for each of the Justices’ profiles.
In all, the Chief Justice has written 81 majority opinions in civil cases. She has written six