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California

Join Me and a Panel of Experts Tomorrow for “Traps for Appellate Out-of-Towners: Differences Among Neighboring State Appellate Practices (West Coast Edition)”Was There a Correlation Between the Average Length of Majority Opinions in Criminal Cases and the Unanimity Rate (Part 1 – 1990-1999)?Did Longer Majority Opinions in Civil Cases Affect the Unanimity Rate (Part 1 – 1990-1999)?

General

Hispanic rights group lacks standing to challenge English-only voting materials, Iowa Supreme Court holdsCOURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES ( May 5 – May 9)Iowa Supreme Court rejects bid to abolish exception to Fourth Amendment warrant requirement

Illinois

Did Shorter Majorities Increase the Unanimity Rate in Criminal Cases (Part 1 – 1990-1999)?Did Shorter Majorities Increase the Unanimity Rate in Civil Cases (Part 1 – 1990-1999)?Was the Supreme Court’s Criminal Caseload Declining in the 1990s?

Iowa

Justice Matthew McDermott traces his route to the Iowa Supreme Court in podcast interviewIowa Supreme Court to hear oral arguments in 10 appeals this week — all by remote video conferenceFacebook post was rude and insulting but not libelous, Iowa Court of Appeals rules

North Carolina

Investiture Ceremony of the Supreme Court of North CarolinaNorth Carolina Court of Appeals Has a New Chief JudgeNorth Carolina Court of Appeals Offers Free Appellate CLE Courses

Virginia

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