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
This week, our review of the Justices’ individual records continues with a six-part post on the tenure of Chief Justice Anne Burke.
Chief Justice Burke has participated in 484 civil cases since joining the Court in 2006. Her busiest year was 2015, when she sat on 44 civil cases, and – leaving aside her partial
Yesterday, we reviewed Justice Garman’s civil majority and dissenting opinions. Today, we’re looking at Justice Garman’s criminal opinions.
Justice Garman has written 38 majority opinions in constitutional law cases. She has written 14 majorities in sentencing cases, 13 in habeas corpus cases, eight in cases involving juvenile justice issues, six in cases regarding sex offenses,
This week, we’re finishing our six-part review of Justice Garman’s tenure by taking a closer look at her authored opinions.
Through the end of last week, Justice Garman has written 107 majority opinions and 28 dissents.
Justice Garman has written 24 majority opinions in tort cases. She has written 18 majorities in civil procedure cases
This time, we’re reviewing the data on how frequently Justice Garman has voted with the majority during her tenure. If you’re comparing this data to earlier posts, note one difference – here, we are looking at the entire civil and criminal caseloads, including unanimous decisions, rather than asking the percentage of divided decisions in which
In our last two posts, we reviewed Justice Rita Garman’s caseload since taking her seat in 2001 and her history with writing opinions. This time, we’re looking at Justice Garman’s voting record.
Through the end of last week, Justice Garman has voted to affirm civil decisions 335 times. She has cast 107 split votes (affirm
In this post, we’re reviewing the Justice Garman’s history writing opinions.
From taking her seat in 2001 through the end of last week, Justice Garman had written 107 majority opinions in civil cases. She has written only 9 special concurrences and has written 28 dissents (we’ll be addressing how often Justice Garman is in the
This week, we’re launching a series of six-part posts reviewing the tenure of each of the current Justices of the Supreme Court. We’ll be posting in order of length of service (although the Chief Justice is technically the senior Justice, we’ll be proceeding by the date of each Justice’s appointment). We begin with Justice Rita
Between 2010 and 2020, the Court decided 28 civil procedure cases from the First District: five from Division One, six from Division Two, four from Division Three, three from Division Four and five each from Divisions Five and Six. The Court decided 13 civil procedure cases from the Second District. Three cases originated in the
Between 2010 and 2020, the Supreme Court decided 61 civil procedure cases. The reversal rate was up a bit to 59.02%.
In 2010 and 2011, the Court reversed in all its civil procedure cases. The rate fell to two-thirds in 2012 and one-third in 2013. In 2014, the reversal rate was 50%. It was 60%