The work of state intermediate appellate courts is often described as “correcting legal errors”
and “supervising” trial courts. But what do these labels mean in practice? This article …

United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit recently invalidated the court's local rule
of appellate procedure providing that" unpublished opinions are not precedent and parties …

In early 2006, a small group of appellate court judges, law school faculty, and law students
in Oregon endeavored to research whether there were identifiable" best practices''1 among …

Behold the lucky federal district court judge. Conventional wisdom holds that her job is
becoming easier and more gratifying as the Supreme Court cuts back on federal jurisdiction …

However people may view other aspects of the federal judiciary, few deny that its ap-pellate
courts are in a" crisis of volume" that has transformed them from the insti-tutions they were …

There has been a good deal of controversy surrounding the workload of the Supreme Court
of the United States. At least six justices have recently offered various suggestions to …

Considered a classic of comparative law and legal systems, this book has been twice
reprinted since its first appearance 50 years ago, and is now available in a high-quality …

Most appellate judges would agree that the result in about seventy-five percent of appeals is
clearly foreseeable after argument, regardless of which judges sit on those cases.... The …

On August 16, 1978, the Wisconsin Court of Appeals released opinions discussing a variety
of legal issues. The court decided cases concerning matters such as negligence, res ipsa …

The burgeoning caseload of the US courts of appeals, which has risen more rapidly than
has the number of appellate judges, has caused a problem for these mandatory jurisdiction …