Yesterday, we showed that Justice Garman has voted with the minority in 6.84% of her civil cases since joining the Court, slightly below Chief Justice Burke’s percentage. Justice Theis’ percentage is almost identical: she has voted with the minority in 6.83% of her civil cases since joining the Court in 2010. There are no strong
Today, we’re taking a look at Justice Theis’ voting record since joining the Court in late October 2010.
In her just over ten years on the Court, Justice Theis has voted in 322 civil cases. Like Justice Garman, the distribution of those cases reflects the diminishing of the Court’s docket. She cast 177 votes in
This time, we’re reviewing the data for Justice Theis’ question patterns in criminal cases.
When Justice Theis agrees with the majority in an affirmance, she follows the expected pattern, averaging 3.22 questions to appellants and only 1.38 to appellees. However, she breaks from the pattern in reversals, more heavily questioning the winner – 3.02 to
This week, we’re reviewing Justice Theis’ history in oral arguments in civil cases. Having established that the party which gets more questions at argument overall is likely to lose, we’re trying to determine (1) whether each individual Justice follows that same pattern when she or he agrees with the majority; and (2) when he or
Justice Theis has participated in 20 domestic relations cases since joining the Court. She has voted for defendants in nine of those cases and for plaintiffs 11 times. Between 2011 and 2015, she supported defendants in seven of fifteen cases. From 2016 to 2019, she voted for defendants in two of five cases.
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Since joining the Supreme Court, Justice Theis has participated in 33 criminal sentencing cases. She has voted for defendants’ position 12 times and against defendants in 21 cases. From 2010 to 2014, she supported defendants in eight of 20 cases. From 2015 to 2019, she supported defendants in four of 13 cases.
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Justice Theis participated in 82 criminal procedure cases between the time she joined the Court and the end of 2019. She voted for defendants’ position in 24 of those cases and against the defendants 58 times. From 2010 to 2014, she voted for defendants 11 times and against defendants in 33 cases. From 2015 to
Since joining the Court, Justice Theis has participated in 83 criminal constitutional law cases. She has voted for defendants 32 times and against them in 51 cases. From 2010 to 2014, she supported defendants in 12 of 33 cases. Since that time, she has voted for defendants in 20 cases and against them in 30
Justice Theis has participated in 47 civil procedure cases since taking her seat in 2011. She has supporting plaintiffs in 22 cases and voted for defendants 27 times. From 2011 to 2015, she voted for plaintiffs 12 times and for defendants in 17 cases. From 2016 to 2019, she split her votes evenly in 20
Since joining the Supreme Court in 2011, Justice Theis has participated in 35 civil constitutional law cases. She has voted for defendants in 21 cases and for plaintiffs in 14 cases. From 2015 to 2019, Justice Theis has evenly split her voting in 24 cases – 12 times for defendants and 12 against them.
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