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 March 2025 opinion statistics
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 2025 opinion statistics
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 January 2025 opinion statistics
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 December 2024 opinion statistics
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 November 2024 opinion statistics
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 October 2024 opinion statistics
Yesterday, we took a deep dive into the make-up of the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to see what the next President may have the opportunity to do (and also what the make-up of the next Senate will be able to affect). Today, we look at the twelve U.S. Courts of Appeals with territorial … More Take the Fifth: 2024 election implications across all U.S. Courts of Appeals
While the public rightly focuses on the implications of Presidential elections when it comes to the composition of the U.S. Supreme Court, the decisions of the Courts of Appeals arguably touch more lives more directly every day, due to the nature of their decisions coming from appeals-of-right and not just hand-selected certiorari review. So, with … More Take the Fifth: 2024 election consequences for the U.S. Fifth Circuit
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
The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has announced that, effective today, Judge Jennifer Elrod is elevated to the position of Chief Judge, succeeding Judge Priscilla Richman in that post. Judge Richman had served as Chief Judge since 2019. Here is the full press release from the Court:
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