Legal Research

Sotomayor Reversal Rates

By Amy Levine

Tony Mauro wrote an interesting piece on the reversal rate of decisions by U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor. Critics of Sotomayor have brought the spotlight on the 5 of 232 opinions that Sotomayor has written that have been reviewed by the U.S. Supreme Court.  Three of those five have been overturned by the high court.  Read about the criticism and the support for Sotomayor in Mauro’s article.  Be sure to scroll down the page to see the names of the 5 cases, the summaries of the appellate decisions and on the Supreme Court’s review.

Full post as published by Ross-Blakley Law Library Blog on June 03, 2009 (boomark / email).