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
In Table 1342 below, we report the three-year floating average reversal rates for the Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Appellate Districts for the years 1992 to 1999. The Second District fared best during these years. The Third and Fourth were relatively equal, and the Fifth District fared worst.
The Second District had only one spike,
For the past several weeks, we’ve been reviewing the county by county data for civil and criminal cases at the Supreme Court. This week and next, we’ll be looking at the reversal rates for the Districts and Divisions of the Appellate Court. First up today – Chicago’s First District. Since it’s difficult occasionally to confirm
Yesterday, we addressed the court-wide data for the oral arguments in the criminal cases decided last year. Now, let’s dig down to the Justice-by-Justice numbers.
Long-time readers will know that historically, the most active questioner on the Court during oral arguments tends to be Justice Thomas. But last year on the criminal side, Justice Theis
In our last two posts, we took a close look at what the oral arguments data revealed for civil cases the Court decided last year. Today we’ll be looking at the Court’s criminal decisions for 2018.
On the civil side, the Court’s total questions were almost evenly split between appellants and appellees. The criminal side
Last time, we began reviewing the Court’s oral arguments in civil cases decided in 2018. This time, we’re finishing that review.
Who was the heaviest questioner? Once again, Justice Thomas led, asking 201 questions in all. Dividing the arguments by segment, we find that Justice Theis was the highest questioner for appellants’ initial argument, asking
This time, we’re tracking the oral arguments for the Court’s cases decided in 2018, beginning with civil cases. If you’re a new reader of our blog, we reviewed the history of oral argument analytics here.
Among the civil cases decided in 2018, the Court asked 285 questions of appellant – opening segment and rebuttal
The Court’s docket of government and administrative law cases is up a bit over the past six years, increasing to forty cases: seven in 2014, eight in 2015, eleven in 2016, nine in 2017, four in 2018 and one (up to early May) in 2019.
Nineteen of the Court’s cases were won by the government
Cases involving government and administrative law fell substantially between 2006 to 2013. During those eight years, the Court decided thirty-eight cases: eight in 2006, four in 2007, one in 2008, five in 2009, two in 2010, seven in 2011, five in 2012 and six in 2013.
The Court decided twenty cases won by the defender