California Supreme Court,
Appellate Practice
Jul. 29, 2016
The geography of the high court docket
How closely do the three principal areas of the California Supreme Court's docket -- civil, criminal and death penalty -- correlate to the distribution of the state's population?
Kirk C. Jenkins
Partner
Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP
Email: KJenkins@lewisroca.com
Harvard Law School
Kirk is a certified specialist in appellate law.
How closely do the three principal areas of the California Supreme Court's docket ? civil, criminal and death penalty ? correlate to the distribution of the state's population? Given that both the civil and criminal dockets are selected based upon the existence of conflicts at the Court of Appeal ? and sometimes upon which case the court regards as a suitable vehicle for considering an issue ? it doesn't necessarily follow that the court's docket would closely parallel California populatio...
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$795 for an entire year!
Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)
Already a subscriber?
Sign In