Over the past several weeks, we’ve considered the District-by-District reversal rates at the Illinois Supreme Court in the civil and criminal dockets. We refined that measure by factoring in the PLAs which are denied review and considered a “true” reversal rate – the portion of cases which are brought to the Court in PLAs which
Yesterday, we began the final segment of our analysis of the Court’s reversal rates by area of law and prevailing party below with a look at the criminal docket between 2010 and 2015. Today, we complete our analysis by addressing the Court’s reversal rates, divided by area of law and whether the defendant or the
This week, we wrap up our analysis of reversal rates by area of law and the party prevailing below with a look at the criminal docket between 2010 and 2015.
In Table 319 below, we report the percentage share of the criminal docket made up by each of the areas of law on which the
For the past few weeks, we’ve been taking a close look at the reversal rates before the Illinois Supreme Court, dividing the data by areas of law and whether the defendant or plaintiff prevailed in the lower court. Today, we conclude our review of the civil docket by asking how reversal rates have differed, area
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