Supreme Court Reversals: Exploring the Seventh Circuit
Supreme Court Reversals: Exploring the Seventh Circuit
Stephen J. Wermiel, 32 S. Ill. U. L.J. 641 (2008)
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First, this essay will consider the significance of the Supreme Court’s increased use of decisions reversing or vacating and remanding federal appeals court rulings. Second, this essay will consider the record of individual circuit courts, examining the Seventh Circuit in comparison to the Ninth Circuit and to other circuits. Third, this essay will provide brief case studies of the Supreme Court and the Seventh Circuit, which received little or no publicity or public comment. Fourth, this essay will consider and compare the role that a few individual judges play, not so much in contributing to the reversal statistics, but in shaping the image of a circuit through news media coverage, commentary and academic analysis.