Tag: oral argument

2025-2026 annual U.S. 5th Circuit addendum: The importance of getting oral argument

October 3, 2026

I posted my annual statistics for the October 2025 – September 2026 annual period yesterday from U.S. 5th Circuit decisions released in that period, but I left out one of the more interesting sets of statistics that I just started collecting in this last annual period: the shift in affirmance rates–and therefore in an appellant’s … More 2025-2026 annual U.S. 5th Circuit addendum: The importance of getting oral argument

September 8, 2025, opinions

September 9, 2025

Designated for publication per curiam (Haynes, Ho, Oldham), Ho and Oldham, concurring; oral argument Ordering that panel will entertain additional oral argument via Zoom if appellant’s lead counsel requests, since lead counsel had emergency hospitalization shortly before argument. Judge Haynes noted that argument went forward because attorneys on both sides had traveled to attend the … More September 8, 2025, opinions