A Tip Of The Hat: No SCOTX Backlog
I'm out of town enjoying the State Bar Appellate Seminar, but I just had to drop a quick line.
We here at the Appellate Record have had our fun poking the SCOTX for cases that dated back to antediluvian times when bankers were popular and Lehman Brothers actually existed.
It seems only fair that we tip our blogorial chapeau when the court puts its boots on and gets the stables cleaned out.
From the looks of it, all nine hands have put noses to grindstones and hands to plows. Since the 2010 term, the court has essentially eliminated its backlog, carrying only four cases forward from last term that had been argued and are awaiting decisions.
And they did it without changing their grant rate (13%) or increasing their shadow docket of cases awaiting a grant or denial of the petition for review.
And during a year when the Legislature was in town to boot!
They just put their boots on one at a time, did the chores, and got it done.
They made hay while the sun shined.
They didn't waste time burnin' daylight, Pilgrim.
They got right back up there on the horse.
You get the idea.
As Kurt Kuhn pointed out during a great presentation at the seminar, this is the lowest number in the history of the court--a court that probably does more with fewer resources than at any time in history.
They're so caught up, they could adopt the practice of the US Supreme Court and start clearing their docket every term.
If they wanted to.
Or not.
I'll stop now, lest they get too big for their britches. 36 arguments are already set into January. I hope they ain't bit off more'n they can chew.
In any event, "Chapeau" to the high nine.
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