Author: tadbartlett

I am special counsel at Fishman Haygood LLP, focusing on appeals in all matters, as well as litigation in environmental land-damage, coastal land-loss, and complex commercial matters. I am also a writer, and I'm the managing editor of literary journal The Peauxdunque Review.

Fifth Circuit again a disproportionate constituent of the Supreme Court’s docket

October 4, 2024

As of October 4, 2024, 9 of the 32 cases that the U.S. Supreme Court has granted certiorari for hearing in the October 2024 Term come out of the Fifth Circuit. That’s 28% of the Supreme Court’s docket this year, so far, even though the Fifth is only one of thirteen federal circuits (not to … More Fifth Circuit again a disproportionate constituent of the Supreme Court’s docket