All Articles tagged dissenting opinions

• New York Appeals
  October 12, 2018 EDT
  JUDGE FAHEY: A JUDGE’S JUDGE USING HIS POSITION TO PROTECT THE VULNERABLE
  Daniel Siegel

  This article analyzes Judge Fahey's dissenting opinions during his time on the New York Court of Appeals.

• New York Appeals
  October 12, 2018 EDT
  THE HON. PAUL G. FEINMAN: A NEW VOICE ON THE COURT OF APPEALS
  Dena M. DeFazio

  This paper reviews and evaluates Judge Feinman’s decisions and votes, drawing conclusions based on his opinions and voting patterns, where appropriate.

• New York Appeals
  October 12, 2018 EDT
  THE HONORABLE SHEILA ABDUS-SALAAM: TRAILBLAZER
  Erin E. Kilmer

  This paper focuses primarily on Judge Abdus-Salaam's dissenting and concurring opinions, although it does also highlight a few of her notable majority opinions.

• General
  April 08, 2016 EDT
  #JOINTHEDISSENT: RUTH BADER GINSBURG AND THE HOBBY LOBBY EFFECT
  Lauren R. Eversley

  This note considers: the jurisprudence of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the role of the dissenting opinion, and the role of women’s autonomy in their own bodies.

• New York Appeals
  March 03, 2012 EDT
  DISSENTING AT NEW YORK‘S FEDERAL APPEALS COURT: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF SECOND CIRCUIT DISSENTS AND THE FREQUENT DISSENTER, JUDGE ROSEMARY POOLER
  Jessica N. Clemente

  This Article presents an empirical study of dissents at the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, with a focus on Judge Pooler, who dissented most in the time period studied.

• New York Appeals
  March 03, 2012 EDT
  INSTITUTIONAL CONSERVATISM AND ITS IMPACT ON APPELLATE DECISION-MAKING: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT
  Robert J. Brenner

  This Article examines the dissenting opinions of Judges sitting on the Second Circuit Court of Appeals from August 1, 2006 to October 1, 2011.

• New York Appeals
  March 03, 2012 EDT
  STAYING TRUE TO THE IDEALS OF FUNDAMENTAL FAIRNESS: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF THE DISSENTS OF JUDGE STRAUB
  Danielle L. Levine

  This Article presents an empirical study of the dissenting opinions of Judge Struab of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.

• New York Appeals
  May 05, 2010 EDT
  THE INDEPENDENT JURIST: AN ANALYSIS OF JUDGE ROBERT S. SMITH’S DISSENTING OPINIONS
  Peter A. Mancuso

  This study gives the reader an accurate representation of Judge Smith’s philosophy—through his dissenting opinions of course—on each area of law treated.

• New York Appeals
  May 05, 2010 EDT
  THE PERT PERPENDER: ASSOCIATE JUDGE EUGENE F. PIGOTT, JR.’S JOURNEY FROM BUFFALO TO ROCHESTER AND ALBANY
  Benjamin L. Loefke

  This article offers the reader insight to Court of Appeals of New York Associate Judge Eugene F. Pigott—not only as a judge, but also as a lawyer and person.

• New York Appeals
  May 05, 2010 EDT
  THEODORE T. JONES, THE DEFENDANT’S CHAMPION: REVIEWING A SAMPLE OF JUDGE JONES’S CRIMINAL JURISPRUDENCE
  Erika L. Winkler

  This article analyzes some of the majority and dissenting opinions penned by Jones in criminal and civil cases that have been opposed by another member of the Court.