Wednesday, October 15, 2025

Minute Orders & splitting the Ninth

Law360 has:

Justices Won't Decide If 'Minute Entry' Triggers Appeal Clock - Law360 -- "The U.S. Supreme Court said Tuesday it won't review the Second Circuit's finding that a Connecticut federal judge's oral ruling and follow-up minute entry were formal orders that triggered a 30-day countdown to appeal losses in a sales representation contract dispute worth $1.7 million. BI-QEM Inc. ... asked the high court to resolve what they said was a split between the Second and Ninth circuits over whether an unsigned docket item labeled a "minute entry" is an appealable order."

And

Has The 9th Circ.'s Rightward Shift Ended Bids To Split It? - Law360 --Now, with the court nearly evenly divided among Democratic and Republican appointees — thanks to the 10 Trump nominees confirmed during his first administration — interest in carving up the circuit appears to have died down.