Yesterday, we began our look at the Court’s civil domestic relations cases.  Today, we’re looking at the Court’s eighty criminal cases the Court decided between 1990 and 2017 which principally involved juvenile justice issues.

The Court decided no juvenile justice cases in 1990 or 1992.  It decided one in 1991, 1993 and 1994, two in 1995 and one in 1996.

The Court decided two juvenile justice cases in 1997, one in 1998, three in 2000 and seven per year in 2001, 2002 and 2003.

The Court decided seven juvenile justice cases in 2004, three in 2006, seven in 2008, one in 2009 and five in 2010.

The Court decided four juvenile justice cases in 2011, two in 2012, four in 2013, three per year in 2014, 2015 and 2016 and five in 2017.

Join us back here next Tuesday as we continue our analysis of the Court’s domestic relations and juvenile justice cases.

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For the past two weeks, we’ve been taking an intensive look at the Court’s history with insurance law cases on the civil side and habeas corpus cases on the criminal side.  This week and next, we’re looking at two new issues – domestic relations cases from the civil docket, and cases involving juvenile justice issues on the criminal side.  First up – the Court’s seventy-eight domestic relations decisions.

The Court decided six domestic relations cases in 1990, two in 1991, three in 1992, one in 1993, two in 1994 and 1995 and three in 1996.

The Court decided one domestic relations case in 1997, three in 1998, three in 2000, two in 2001 and 2002 and five in 2003.

The Court decided six domestic relations cases in 2004, three in 2005 and 2006, four in 2007, three in 2008 and two per year in 2009 and 2010.

The Court decided three domestic relations cases in 2011, four in 2012 and 2013, two in 2014, four in 2015, one in 2016 and two in 2017.

Join us tomorrow as we turn our attention to the Court’s criminal cases involving juvenile justice issues.

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Yesterday, we looked at how insurers have fared before the Court since 1990.  Today, we’re taking a deeper look at the Court’s habeas cases.

For the entire period, 81.48% of the Court’s habeas corpus cases were won by the prosecution below.  The Court reversed 30.68% of the decisions won by the prosecution below, but 55% of decisions won by the defendants.  Overall, the Court reversed in whole or in part in 78 of 211 cases – a reversal percentage of 36.11%.

Prosecution wins were affirmed in two cases in 1990, six in 1991, eight in 1992, three in 1993 and 1994, thirteen in 1995, six in 1996, seven in 1997, four in 1998 and 1999 and nineteen in 2000.  Nine prosecution wins were affirmed in 2001 and 2002, three in 2003, four in 2004, three in 2007 and eight in 2010.  The Court affirmed one prosecution win in 2011 and 2012, two in 2013, one in 2014 and 2015, two in 2016 and three in 2017.

The Court reversed one prosecution win in a habeas case per year in 1990, 1992 and 1993, three in 1994 and 1995, one in 1996, two in 1997, four in 1998, three in 1999 and nine in 2000.  The Court reversed three prosecution wins in 2001, seven in 2002, one in 2004, three in 2005, two in 2007, one in 2008 and two in 2009 and 2010.  The Court reversed three prosecution wins in 2013, one in 2014 and one in 2015.

The Court affirmed one defendants’ win in 1994 and 1995, two in 1996, one in 1997 and one in 1998.  The Court affirmed one defendant’s win in 2001, two in 2002, 2004 and 2005 and one in 2009 and 2010.  The Court affirmed one defendant’s win in 2012 and two in 2014.

The Court reversed one defendant’s win in 1990, two in 1991 and 1992, and one in 1993, 1999 and 2000.  The Court reversed one defendant’s win in 2002, two in 2003 and 2005, one in 2006, three in 2007 and two in 2008.  The Court reversed one defendant’s win in 2011, 2012 and 2016.

The Court reversed in 32.69% of its habeas cases from 1990 to 1995.  The Court reversed 30.77% of the time from 1996 to 2000.  The Court reversed in 39.22% of cases from 2001 to 2005.  The Court reversed 53.85% of its habeas cases from 2006 to 2010.  Finally, the Court reversed in 45.45% of its habeas cases from 2011 to 2017.

Join us back here next week as we turn our attention to two new areas of law.

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Last week, we reviewed the number of cases the Court has heard, year by year, in insurance and habeas corpus law. This week, we’re taking a deeper look at the Court’s cases in these two important areas of law.

For the entire period, only 39.14% of the Court’s insurance law cases were won by the insurer below. Since 1990, the Court has reversed exactly half of the decisions it has reviewed where insurers won below, and 57.69% of the cases where plaintiffs won below. Overall, the Court has reversed in whole or in part in 62.65% of the Court’s 83 insurance law cases.

We review the Court’s insurer wins affirmed in Table 778. The Court saw no such cases affirmed in either 1990 or 1991.   Two cases were affirmed in 1992, one in 1993 and 1994, none in 1995 and 1996, three in 1997, one in 1998 and 1999, one in 2002, three in 2006 and 2007 and one in 2008. The Court has had no insurer affirmances since 2008.

The Court has seen one insurer win reversed in 1990, three in 1992 and one per year in each of the following years: 1993, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010 and 2013.

The Court saw two insurers’ losses from the Appellate Court affirmed in 1991. Three cases were affirmed in 1994, two in 1997 and 1998, 2001 and 2002, one in 2004 and 2005, two in 2005, one in 2007, two in 2010 and one in 2013 and 2015.

The Court saw two insurers’ losses reversed in 1990. Three cases were reversed in 1992, two in 1993, three in 1995, one in 1996, two in 1997, one in 1998 and 1999, two in 2000, one in 2001, 2002 and 2004, three in 2005 and one per year in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2015.

Between 1990 and 1995, the Court reversed, in whole or in part, 43.9% of its insurance law cases. The Court reversed 34.48% of its insurance law cases between 1996 and 2000. Between 2001 and 2005, the Court reversed 70.59% of its insurance law cases. The Court reversed 41.18% of the time between 2006 and 2010. Finally, the Court reversed 71.43% of its insurance law decisions between 2011 and 2017.

Join us tomorrow as we turn our attention to a closer analysis of the Court’s habeas corpus law decisions.

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Last time, we looked at the Court’s insurance law caseload.  Today, we’re reviewing the Court’s habeas corpus decisions.

Between 1990 and 2017, the Court decided 224 habeas corpus cases.  The Court decided four habeas cases in 1990, eight in 1991, eleven in 1992, five in 1993, seven in 1994, seventeen in 1995 and nine in 1996.

 

The Court decided ten habeas cases in 1997, nine in 1998, eight in 1999, twenty-nine in 2000, thirteen in 2001, nineteen in 2002 and five cases in 2003.

The Court decided seven habeas cases in 2004, fifteen in 2005, one in 2006, eight in 2007, three in 2008 and 2009, eleven in 2010 and two cases in 2011.

The Court decided three habeas cases in 2012, five in 2013, four in 2014, two in 2015 and three in 2016 and 2017.

Join us next Tuesday as we continue our examination of the Court’s insurance and habeas cases.

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For the past two weeks, we’ve been looking at the Court’s government/administrative law and criminal sentencing cases.  This week and next, we’re going to look at the Court’s insurance law cases on the civil side, and its habeas corpus cases on the criminal law side.

Between 1990 and 2017, the Court decided eighty-six insurance law cases.  The Court decided three cases in 1990, two in 1991, nine in 1992, four per year in 1993, 1994 and 1995 and one in 1996.

The Court decided seven insurance law cases in 1997, five in 1998, three in 1999 and 2000, four in 2001, two in 2002 and three in 2003.

The Court decided three insurance law cases in 2004, five in 2005, four in 2006, five in 2007, two in 2008 and 2009, four in 2010 and one in 2011.

The Court decided one insurance law case in 2012, three in 2013, none in 2014, two in 2015 and none in 2016 or 2017.

Join us next time as we turn our attention to the Court’s habeas corpus caseload.

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Yesterday, we took a close look at the Court’s history with civil cases involving governmental parties and administrative law.  Today, we’re on the criminal law side of the docket, reviewing the Court’s experience with cases involving criminal sentencing.

Since 1990, the Court has taken a virtually equal number of sentencing cases won by each side – sixty-one prosecution wins at the Appellate Court, sixty-three defense wins.  Not surprisingly, that’s where the similarity ends.  The Court has reversed only 34.43% of the prosecution wins it’s reviewed in the criminal sentencing area – it’s reversed exactly two thirds of the defendants’ wins.

In Table 765, we report prosecution wins which were affirmed by the Supreme Court.  Although there were none in 1990 or 1991, there were seven in 1992, three in 1994, two in 1995, three in 1997, four in 1998, one in 1999 and 2000, two in 2001, one in 2002, 2003 and 2005, three in 2008, two in 2009 and 2010, five in 2011 and one per year in 2013 and 2015.

The Court reversed no prosecution wins involving sentencing law issues between 1990 and 1994.  The Court reversed twice in 1995, once per year in 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001, twice in 2002 and 2004, four times in 2008, twice in 2011, once in 2012 and 2013 and twice in 2015.

The Court affirmed three defendants’ wins in sentencing cases in 1990.  It reversed once in 1993, 1995, 1996 and 1997, twice in 1998, once in 1999, three times in 2006, twice in 2008, four times in 2011 and twice in 2016.

The Court reversed defendants’ wins twice in 1990, once in 1991, four times in 1992, once in 1995, twice in 1996 and 1997, three times in 1998, once in 2000, twice in 2001, three times in 2002, four times in 2003, twice in 2004, once per year in 2006, 2007 and 2008, three times in 2009, twice in 2010 and 2011, once in 2012, 2013 and 2015 and twice in 2016.

Overall, in 130 criminal sentencing cases, the Court has reversed completely forty-one times, and reversed in part 32 times – a 56.15% reversal rate, which is about average for the Court’s cases as a whole.  The Court reversed only 44.44% of the time between 1990 and 1995.  Between 1996 and 2000, the Court reversed in 57.69% of cases.  Between 2001 and 2005, the Court reversed 68.18% of the time.  Between 2006 and 2010, the Court reversed 58.33% of its criminal sentencing cases.  Since 2011, the Court has reversed in 54.84% of its sentencing cases.

Join us back here next Tuesday as we turn our attention to a new area of inquiry.

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Last week, we reviewed the Court’s history since 1990 with civil cases involving governmental parties and administrative law, and criminal cases involving the law of sentencing.  This week, we’re digging deeper, looking at three questions: (1) does the Court tend to take more cases in each area won by one side or the other below; (2) how does the Court’s reversal rate vary, based upon which side won below; and (3) overall, how often has the Court reversed decisions in each area of law, either in whole or in part?  We begin with cases involving government and administrative law (note that we’re defining “governmental parties” broadly here – where a private public-interest group sued another private entity in order to vindicate the government’s administrative regulations, we count that as a “government entity” case.  We’ll carve out litigation by public interest groups in a future post.)

Since 1990, the Court has taken significantly more cases won by governmental parties below than government losses – 56.25% of its 176 government and administrative law cases were won by the governmental party below.  However, the reversal rate is almost identical – 56.58% of governmental party losses have been reversed, and 54.55% of governmental party wins have been overturned.

First, we review the year by year total where wins by the parties challenging government or administrative regulations were affirmed.  The Court had two in 1990, two in 1992, one in 1994, 3 in 1999, one in 2000, three in 2002, one in 2004, three in 2005, one in 2007, one in 2009, three in 2011, one in 2013, one in 2014, three per year in 2015 and 2016, and four in 2017.

As for cases won by the challenger below but reversed by the Supreme Court: the Court had three in 1990, five in 1992, four in 1994, one in 1996, two per year in 1998, 1999 and 200, three in 2001, two in 2002, four in 2003, one a year in 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2012, five in 2014, one in 2015 and two in 2016.

In Table 762, we report the numbers for cases where governmental parties and administrative regulations’ wins below were affirmed.  The Court had one case in 1992, one in 1993, four in 1994, three in 1997, one per year in 2000 and 2001, two in 2002, five in 2003, four in 2004, one in 2005, three in 2006, two in 2007, one in 2009, two in 2011, two in 2013 and four per year in 2015, 2016 and 2017.

As for governmental party wins below which were reversed by the Court: four in 1990, two in 1991, two in 1992, three in 1993, one in 1994, three in 1995, three in 1996, two in 1997, three in 1998, two each year from 2001 through 2005, five in 2006, two in 2009, one in 2010, two in 2011, four in 2012, three in 2013, one in 2014, two in 2016 and one in 2017.

Overall, the Court has reversed in whole or in part in 56.25% of its government and administrative law cases since 1990.  Between 1990 and 1995, the Court reversed in 69.23% of these cases.  From 1996 to 2000, the Court reversed two-thirds of the time.  Between 2001 and 2005, the Court reversed only 47.5% of its government and administrative law cases.  Between 2006 and 2010, despite the change in the Court’s membership, the reversal rate was back up – to 65%.  Since 2011, the Court has shifted again, reversing in only 45.28% of its fifty-three cases.

Join us back here tomorrow for a close look at the Court’s history with criminal sentencing cases.

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Yesterday, we reviewed the Court’s record with civil cases involving government entities and administrative law.  Today, we’re looking at the criminal side of the docket – specifically, cases involving sentencing law.

The Court decided five sentencing law cases in 1990, one in 1991, eleven in 1992, one in 1993, three in 1994, six in 1995 and three in 1996.

The Court decided seven cases involving sentencing law in 1997, ten in 1998, three per year in 1999 and 2000, five in 2001, seven in 2002 and five in 2003.

The Court decided four sentencing cases in 2004, one in 2005, four in 2006, one in 2007, ten in 2008 and four per year in 2009 and 2010.

Finally, the Court decided thirteen sentencing law cases in 2011, four in 2012, three in 2013, one in 2014, four in 2015, six in 2016 and zero cases in 2017.

Join us back here next Tuesday as we continue our analysis of the Court’s decisions in government and administrative law and sentencing law.

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For the past two weeks, we’ve been studying the Court’s death penalty cases.  This week, we’re turning our attention to a new topic – (1) government and administrative law; and (2) sentencing law in the criminal docket.  First up is civil cases involving government parties and administrative law issues.  Since 1990, the Supreme Court has decided 176 cases involving government and administrative law.

The Court decided nine government cases in 1990, but only two in 1991.  The Court decided eleven cases in 1992, four in 1993, ten in 1994, three in 1995 and four in 1996.

The Court decided five civil cases involving government and administrative law per year in 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2000.  The Court decided six cases in 2001, eight in 2002 and eleven in 2003.

The Court decided eight cases involving government and administrative law in 2004, seven in 2005, eight in 2006, four in 2007, one in 2008, five in 2009 and two cases in 2010.

The Court decided seven government and administrative law cases in 2011, five in 2012, six in 2013, seven in 2014, eight in 2015, eleven in 2016 and nine in 2017.

Join us back here tomorrow as we address the Court’s criminal cases involving the law of sentencing.

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