Archive for April 8th, 2009

With 43 opinions released, the Court has now released just over half of the opinions it will release for the term. Lets take a look at some of the statistics. Number of Opinions: 43 cases Per Curiam: 7 cases (16%) 9-0: 19 cases (44%) 8-1: 1 case (2%) 7-2: 4 cases (9%) 6-3: 5 cases [...]



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