In this short thread about SCOTX’s 2023–24 term (maybe my last), I want to provide some numbers on the Court’s important per curiam docket. I’ll end with just a few interesting things I’ve noticed in tracking the Court’s opinions this past year.
(PFRs = white; mandamus = blue.)
The obvious inference is that the justices typically have more bandwidth to write opinions dissenting/concurring from denials before the term is in full swing, and to the extent they have non-merits opinions during the term, they’re probably put on the back burner till June.
It looks like I counted a little to soon. EAY files an opinion concurring in the denial of mandamus today, raising his separate opinion count for this term to 15, and his total to 21. I'll be sure to update as needed until August 31.
txcourts.gov/media/1458861/2…
A smart friend reminded me yesterday that several cases from this past SCOTX term were scheduled for oral argument but were ultimately dismissed/settled. That is the likely explanation for some of the small discrepancies in the majority opinion count for each justice.
In my last thread, I briefly touched on how the courts of appeals fared during the Texas Supreme Court’s 2023–24 term. In this one, I’m going to dive a little deeper into the numbers and break them down by each court.
