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The 9/26/23 DJ had Summer spate might mean faster Supreme Court rulings
A productive summer suggests the California Supreme Court might be delivering opinions more quickly.
According to its Year in Review report on Monday, the court issued 55 written opinions between Sept. 1, 2022, and Aug. 31 of this year. This includes 27 written opinions for the summer period of June, July and August. While these are low numbers by historical standards, they represent a significant jump from the 49 written opinions the court delivered over the same period a year earlier.
“The annual report shows a slight uptick in opinion production since last year, but the numbers since fiscal year 2020 are still at historic lows, and the court remains far behind the 92 opinions produced in fiscal year 2019, which is closer to the norm,” said retired appellate attorney Jon B. Eisenberg, who has filed complaints with the Commission on Judicial Performance over delays on state appellate courts. “I expect we’ll continue to see rising production as Chief Justice Guerrero settles into her very challenging new job.”
The court averaged about 79 written opinions during Cantil-Sakauye’s time as chief justice. By comparison, under Chief Justice Ronald M. George between 1996 and the beginning of 2011, the court issued almost 109 written opinions per year.
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