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Dissents
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Southern California Appellate News
Premature RIP for SCOTUSBlog?
Law360 has SCOTUSblog Death Greatly Exaggerated, Tom Goldstein SaysLaw.com has:‘Extraordinary Achievement’: Lawyers Ask Judge to OK $125M PACER Fees Settlement --Plaintiffs allege the federal judiciary has overcharged the public for documents on…
The Right Coast
Wharton’s Majoring in Woke Capitalism. Some Are Taking an Elective in Dissent. | RealClearInvestigations
Skeptics, including former faculty and alumni of the school, many of whom spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of recriminations, fear the MBA program could serve as progressivism in…
Southern California Appellate News
DJ profiles Judge VanDyke
Today's DJ has 9th Circuit Judge Lawrence VanDyke sometimes targets colleagues --9th Circuit judge has become known for dissents that seem personal.VanDyke stands out mostly for all the ways he thinks…
Illinois Supreme Court Review
Reviewing the Tenure of Justice Mary Jane Theis (Part 4 of 6)
By Kirk Jenkins
As our review of Justice Theis’ tenure continues, this time we’re assessing the degree to which Justice Theis is in sync with the majority of the Court by measuring her…
Southern California Appellate News
Analysis of 9th Cir. dissents
Bloomberg Law has an article titled Ninth Circuit Conservatives Use Muscle to Signal Supreme Court about how the "flood of new conservative judges" on the 9th Circuit are issuing dissenting opinions…
Simple Justice
The Prejudicial Problem of Pointless Opinions
A relatively new phenomenon has developed with Supreme Court Justices writing dissentals when cert is denied. For the most part, lawyers, pundits and the public kinda dig them, as they…
Southern California Appellate News
Making dissents personal?
Today's DJ has 9th Circuit Judge not afraid to name names in dissents that often turn personal: In two recent dissents in cases involving immigration and death penalty appeals, Judge…
Illinois Supreme Court Review
Is the Supreme Court More Likely to Reverse When There’s a Dissent Below (Civil – 2010-2020)?
By Kirk Jenkins
For the past two weeks, we’ve been continuing our review of the data on dissents at the Appellate Court, asking whether a dissent below indicates that a reversal at the…
California Supreme Court Review
Is the Supreme Court More Likely to Reverse When There’s a Dissent Below (Civil – 2010-2020)?
By Kirk Jenkins
For the past two weeks, we’ve been continuing our study of the dissent rate at the Court of Appeal by comparing the rate of dissent in the Supreme Court’s cases…
Illinois Supreme Court Review
Is The Supreme Court More Likely to Reverse When There’s a Dissent Below (Criminal – 2000-2009)?
By Kirk Jenkins
Once again, a dissent at the Appellate Court was a strong indicator that the Supreme Court was more likely to reverse in criminal cases between 2000 and 2009. For the…