On Monday, March 16, inactive senior-status U.S. Fifth Circuit Judge E. Grady Jolly passed away. Judge Jolly had been one of the longest-serving judges on the Fifth Circuit; he was nominated by President Ronald Reagan and confirmed by the Senate to the Court in July 1982. While he took senior status 35 years later, in … More Judge E. Grady Jolly has passed away
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We report after each month on interesting statistics from the data we generate from the daily opinion summaries from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and at the end of each court year (Oct.-Sept.) we will aggregate that–all of which provides useful insights into the inner workings of the Court, the relative … More February 2026 opinion statistics
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