All Articles tagged majority

• New York Appeals
  October 12, 2018 EDT
  WHEN THE CHIEF WRITES: AN EXAMINATION OF CHIEF JUDGE JANET DIFIORE’S OPINIONS
  Emma L. Tiner

  This article examines Chief Judge DiFiore as a writer, with an especial focus on her criminal opinions.

• New York Appeals
  October 12, 2018 EDT
  THE HON. MICHAEL J. GARCIA: FROM PROSECUTOR TO THE COURT OF APPEALS
  Eric O’Bryan

  This article analyzes the opinions of Judge Garcia during his time on the New York Court of Appeals.

• State Constitutional Commentary
  September 23, 2013 EDT
  NORTH DAKOTA DISTINCTIVES
  Gerald W. VandeWalle

  This perspective details what makes the North Dakota court system unique.

• 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, 2009 EDT
  SHIPPING UP TO BOSTON: THE VOTING OF THE MASSACHUSETTS SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT IN NON-UNANIMOUS CRIMINAL CASES FROM 2001–2008
  Kevin Blackwell

  This study demonstrates trends in how the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court decided non-unanimous or divided criminal cases over an eight-year period.

• State Constitutional Commentary
  May 05, 2007 EDT
  PENNSYLVANIA SUPREME COURT: THE MORE THINGS CHANGE, THE MORE THEY STAY THE SAME
  James W. Barr

  This high court study considers the effect the election of Justice Eakin and the resulting Republican majority had on the percentage of criminal appeals decided in favor of the prosecution.