Archive for November, 2010

Average Age (1800-2010)

0 Comments Published by November 24th, 2010 in Statistics, Supreme Court

I’ve posted a PDF of the Court’s average age at the beginning of every term from 1800-present. The ages were taken on the first Monday in October of each year and the date of birth data comes from the fabulous Supreme Court Compendium data set. DW_average_age.pdf

First Opinion Stats

0 Comments Published by November 9th, 2010 in Court Procedure, Statistics

As we wait for the first opinion of the term, I thought it would be interesting to take a look at the first signed opinion released in recent years. Who will write it this year? When will it be released? Hard to say, but here are the numbers! Term Author Date OT99 Breyer November 30 [...]



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