Today, we address the voting record of Justice Thomas throughout his entire tenure on the Court in civil cases involving an insurer party. Since 2001, Justice Thomas has voted for insurers’ position in 23 civil cases while voting against insurers 20 times. From 2001 to 2010, Justice Thomas voted for insurers 18 times to 15
How Did Justice Kilbride Vote in Civil Cases With Insurer Parties?
Last week, we began our seven-post series, reviewing each Justice’s voting record by the area of law involved – first up, insurance law cases.
In our first Table, we show Justice Kilbride’s year-by-year votes for and against the position of insurer parties in civil cases. Since 2001, Justice Kilbride has split his votes evenly –
How Has Justice Garman Voted in Insurance Law Cases?
Today, we begin a seven-post series, reviewing how each Justice has voted in insurer cases overall. First up is the Court’s senior Justice, Justice Rita Garman.
In our first table, we report Justice Garman’s votes for and against insurer parties in civil insurance law cases. Since 2001, Justice Garman has voted for insurers in twenty-three
How Did Insurers Fare at the Supreme Court Between 2010 and 2019?
Today, we’re reviewing the overall data for the most recent decade in the Court’s insurance law decisions. From 2010 to 2019, insurers won six and lost eight as parties to civil cases. They were 1-3 in 2010, 1-2 in 2013 and 0-2 in 2018, 1-0 in 2011, 2012 and 2019.
Insurers won virtually none of
How Did Insurers Fare at the Supreme Court Between 2000 and 2009?
We continue our review of the how insurers have fared at the Supreme Court, this time reviewing the years 2000 to 2009.
For the decade, insurers did reasonably well, winning nineteen cases while losing fourteen. Between 2005 and 2008, insurers won eleven cases while losing only five.
As we saw last time, defending wins from
How Did Insurers Fare at the Supreme Court in the 1990s?
Today we’re beginning a multi-part post, emphasizing how the insurance industry has fared over the past thirty years at the Illinois Supreme Court. Later this week, we’ll begin a similar series over at the California Supreme Court Review.
First, we report the most basic number of all – insurer parties’ won-lost record at the
How Many Votes to Affirm Has the Fifth District Averaged in Criminal Cases?
Average votes to affirm for criminal cases from the Fifth District in 1990 was 4.22. The average was 5.5 in 1991, 0.6 in 1992, 2 in 1993, 3.2 in 1994, 7 in 1995, 4.33 in 1996, 4.67 in 1997, 2.33 in 1998 and 4 in 1999.
Average votes to affirm was 3.75 in 2000, 7
How Many Votes to Affirm Has the Fourth District Averaged in Criminal Cases?
Today, we’re reviewing the yearly average votes to affirm decisions of the Fourth District in criminal cases. The average votes to affirm was zero in 1990, 7 in 1991, 5.25 in 1992, 2.33 in 1993, 4.25 in 1994, 2 in 1995, 1.33 in 1996, 2.56 in 1997, 5.5 in 1998 and 0.67 in 1999.
Average
How Many Votes to Affirm Has the Third District Averaged in Criminal Cases Since 1990?
The average votes to affirm the Third District in criminal cases decided by the Supreme Court in 1990 was 2.25. The average was 2.86 in 1991, 1 in 1992, 4.67 in 1993, 3.5 in 1994, 3.8 in 1995, 3.33 in 1996, 1.17 in 1997, 1 in 1998 and 4 in 1999.
The average was 3.75
How Many Votes to Affirm Has the Second District Averaged in Criminal Cases Since 1990?
This time, as we continue our series tracking average votes to affirm every District and Division of the Appellate Court in criminal cases, we review the data on Second District cases.
The 1990s began at a low point for Second District cases, with an average votes to affirm of only 0.25. In 1991, average votes