Appellate Law

Statistics I'd Like to See

By D. Todd Smith

As I ponder yet another case in which the court of appeals has declined to hear oral argument, I'm wondering whether anyone has compiled statistics on how often the trial court's judgment is reversed in that situation.  In other words, based on sheer numbers, should we be telling our appellant-clients that they're probably hosed if oral argument has been denied?

Full post as published by Texas Appellate Law Blog on October 15, 2008 (boomark / email).