Today, we begin our review of the individual Justices’ voting records in domestic relations cases, in order of seniority.
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How Has Justice Garman Voted in Criminal Sentencing Cases?
Today, we begin our review of the individual Justices’ voting records in criminal sentencing cases.
Justice Garman has participated in 78 criminal sentencing cases since joining the Court. She has voted for defendants 22 times and against them in 56 cases. Between 2001 and 2004, she voted for defendants in four cases and against them…
How Has Justice Garman Voted in Criminal Procedure Cases?
Since joining the Court in 2001, Justice Garman has participated in 199 criminal procedure cases. She has voted for defendants in 58 cases and for the government 141 times. Between 2001 and 2004, she voted for defendants 12 times in 40 cases. Between 2005 and 2009, she voted for defendants in 24 cases and for…
How Has Justice Garman Voted on Criminal Constitutional Law Cases?
Since joining the Court, Justice Garman has voted in 221 criminal constitutional law cases. She has voted for defendants in 67 cases and for the prosecution in 154. From 2001 to 2009, Justice Garman voted for defendants in 42 cases and for the prosecution 86 times. From 2010 to 2019, she supported the defendants 25…
Reviewing Justice Garman’s Voting Record in Civil Procedure Cases
Since joining the Court in 2001, Justice Garman has participated in 104 cases primarily involving civil procedure issues. She has supported plaintiffs’ position in 43 of those cases and has supported defendants in 61. That record has been relatively consistent across time – she supported plaintiffs in 14 of 32 cases from 2001 to 2005,…
How Has Justice Garman Voted in Constitutional Law Cases?
Today, we’re beginning our review of the individual Justices’ voting records in civil constitutional law cases.
Justice Garman has participated in 84 civil constitutional law cases during her tenure, voting for the defendant, at least in part, in 51 cases and for the plaintiff 33 times. She supported defendants in 10 of 12 cases in…
How Has Justice Garman Voted in Tort Cases?
Over the past few weeks, we’ve been reviewing the Court’s thirty year record in civil tort cases – defendants’ overall won-loss records, the frequency with which the Court affirms (or reverses) defendants’ wins from the Appellate Court, and the frequency with which the Court reverses (or affirms) decisions lost by defendants below. Now let’s take…
How Has Justice Garman Voted in Insurance Law Cases?
Today, we begin a seven-post series, reviewing how each Justice has voted in insurer cases overall. First up is the Court’s senior Justice, Justice Rita Garman.
In our first table, we report Justice Garman’s votes for and against insurer parties in civil insurance law cases. Since 2001, Justice Garman has voted for insurers in twenty-three…
What Can We Infer When Justice Garman Asks the First Question in a Criminal Case?
Yesterday, we showed how Justice Garman’s vote and whether she is writing an opinion impacts her question patterns in criminal cases. Today, we take the analysis the final step: what can we infer when Justice Garman asks the first question in a criminal case?
When Justice Garman is in the majority of an affirmance, she…
What Can We Infer From Justice Garman’s Question Pattern in Criminal Cases?
Last week, we looked at the data from the past nine years’ oral arguments in civil cases, analyzing how Justice Garman’s vote, and whether or not she’s in the majority, impacts her question patterns. We also looked at whether it’s reasonable to infer that Justice Garman might be writing an opinion in cases where she’s…