stat pack Archives - Cockle Legal Briefs

Stat Pack Released with Term in Rearview

Mathew Planalp2019-07-10T21:14:37-05:00July 10th, 2019|Tags: SCOTUS Blog, stat pack, stats, Supreme Court, Term|

SCOTUSblog released its annual Stat Pack for the October Term 2018 last week—an invaluable resource for the Supreme Court community. You can access the Stat Pack in full, here. SCOTUSblog’s Adam Feldman provided such a well written summary that I want to quote entirely from his piece here. Please read the original in full: Adam [...]

Stats, Damned Stats, and Statistics

Eight observations from the 2013 Term. Justice Kennedy is the most influential (or influenced?) Justice. He was in the majority in 95% of cases this term. He was in the majority in all cases decided by a 5-4 margin. He and Chief Justice Roberts were in full agreement 84% of the time. By comparison, only [...]