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Decisionmaking In Patent Cases At The Federal Circuit, Jason Reinecke
Decisionmaking In Patent Cases At The Federal Circuit, Jason Reinecke
Washington and Lee Law Review
This Article provides the results of an empirical study assessing the impact of panel composition in patent cases at the Federal Circuit. The dataset includes 2675 three-judge panel-level final written decisions and Rule 36 summary affirmances issued by the Federal Circuit between January 1, 2014 and May 31, 2021. The study informs the longstanding debate concerning whether the Federal Circuit is succeeding as a court with nationwide jurisdiction in patent cases and provides insight into judicial decisionmaking more broadly. And several results show that many of the worst fears that commentators have about the Federal Circuit appear overstated or untrue. …
The Other Ordinary Persons, Fred O. Smith, Jr.
The Other Ordinary Persons, Fred O. Smith, Jr.
Washington and Lee Law Review
If originalism aims to center the original public meaning of text, who constitutes “the public”? Are we doing enough to capture historically excluded voices: impoverished white planters; dispossessed Natives; silenced women; and the enslaved? If not, what more is required? And for those who are not originalists, how do we ensure that, as American law consults the wisdom of the ages, we do not sever entire sources of wisdom?
This brief symposium Article engages these themes, offering two modest, interrelated claims. The first is that important informational, ethical, and democratic benefits accrue when American legal doctrine includes the voices and …
Antiracist Remedial Approaches In Judge Gregory’S Jurisprudence, Leah M. Litman
Antiracist Remedial Approaches In Judge Gregory’S Jurisprudence, Leah M. Litman
Washington and Lee Law Review
This piece uses the idea of antiracism to highlight parallels between school desegregation cases and cases concerning errors in the criminal justice system. There remain stark, pervasive disparities in both school composition and the criminal justice system. Yet even though judicial remedies are an integral part of rooting out systemic inequality and the vestiges of discrimination, courts have been reticent to use the tools at their disposal to adopt proactive remedial approaches to address these disparities. This piece uses two examples from Judge Roger Gregory’s jurisprudence to illustrate how an antiracist approach to judicial remedies might work.
Foreword: Humanity, Dignity, And Grace, Brant J. Hellwig
Foreword: Humanity, Dignity, And Grace, Brant J. Hellwig
Washington and Lee Law Review
Commentary from Dean Brant Hellwig of the Washington and Lee University School of Law on the 2020-2021 Annual Lara D. Gass Symposium celebrating Hon. Roger L. Gregory, Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, and this special issue of the Law Review featuring scholarship relating to that event.
When Statutory Interpretation Becomes Precedent: Why Individual Rights Advocates Shouldn’T Be So Quick To Praise Bostock, Elena Schiefele
When Statutory Interpretation Becomes Precedent: Why Individual Rights Advocates Shouldn’T Be So Quick To Praise Bostock, Elena Schiefele
Washington and Lee Law Review
Justice Neil Gorsuch’s approach to textualism, which this Note will call “muscular textualism,” is unique. Most notably exemplified in Bostock v. Clayton County, muscular textualism is marked by its rigorous adherence to what Justice Gorsuch perceives to be the “plain language” of the text. Because Justice Gorsuch’s opinions exemplify muscular textualism in a structured and consistent manner, his appointment to the Supreme Court provides the forum from which he can influence the decision-making process of other members of the judiciary when they seek guidance from Supreme Court precedent. Accordingly, it is important for both advocates and judges to understand …
Antiracism In Action, Daniel Harawa, Brandon Hasbrouck
Antiracism In Action, Daniel Harawa, Brandon Hasbrouck
Washington and Lee Law Review
Racism pervades the criminal legal system, influencing everything from who police stop and search, to who prosecutors charge, to what punishments courts apply. The Supreme Court’s fixation on colorblind application of the Constitution gives judges license to disregard the role race plays in the criminal legal system, and all too often, they do. Yet Chief Judge Roger L. Gregory challenges the facially race-neutral reasoning of criminal justice actors, often applying ostensibly colorblind scrutiny to achieve a color-conscious jurisprudence. Nor is he afraid of engaging directly in a frank discussion of the racial realities of America, rebuking those within the system …
Which America?: Judge Roger L. Gregory And The Tradition Of African-American Political Thought, Daniel Fryer
Which America?: Judge Roger L. Gregory And The Tradition Of African-American Political Thought, Daniel Fryer
Washington and Lee Law Review
In this Article, written in connection with a symposium honoring Chief Judge Roger L. Gregory’s twenty years on the bench, I place Judge Gregory’s jurisprudence within the tradition of African-American political thought. I suggest that, at bottom, Judge Gregory has a leveling-up jurisprudence that seeks to interpret the Constitution in a way that ensures the least well-off in society are granted the same rights as the most privileged. This brand of democratic theorizing approximates a mainstream position by Black political theorists optimistically seeking to have the least well-off integrated into a fully equal society. By comparing and contrasting his work …
Supreme Court Journalism: From Law To Spectacle?, Barry Sullivan, Cristina Carmody Tilley
Supreme Court Journalism: From Law To Spectacle?, Barry Sullivan, Cristina Carmody Tilley
Washington and Lee Law Review
Few people outside certain specialized sectors of the press and the legal profession have any particular reason to read the increasingly voluminous opinions through which the Justices of the Supreme Court explain their interpretations of the Constitution and laws. Most of what the public knows about the Supreme Court necessarily comes from the press. That fact raises questions of considerable importance to the functioning of our constitutional democracy: How, for example, does the press describe the work of the Supreme Court? And has the way in which the press describes the work of the Court changed over the past several …
(Un)Conscious Judging, Elizabeth Thornburg
(Un)Conscious Judging, Elizabeth Thornburg
Washington and Lee Law Review
Fact inferences made by the trial judge are the lynchpin of civil litigation. If inferences were a matter of universally held logical deductions, this would not be troubling. Inferences, however, are deeply contestable conclusions that vary from judge to judge. Non-conscious psychological phenomena can lead to flawed reasoning, implicit bias, and culturally influenced perceptions. Inferences differ significantly, and they matter. Given the homogeneous makeup of the judiciary, this is a significant concern.
This Article will demonstrate the ubiquity, importance, and variability of inferences by examining actual cases in which trial and appellate (or majority and dissenting) judges draw quite different …
Half A Century Of Supreme Court Clean Air Act Interpretation: Purposivism, Textualism, Dynamism, And Activism, David M. Driesen, Thomas M. Keck, Brandon T. Metroka
Half A Century Of Supreme Court Clean Air Act Interpretation: Purposivism, Textualism, Dynamism, And Activism, David M. Driesen, Thomas M. Keck, Brandon T. Metroka
Washington and Lee Law Review
This Article addresses the history of the Supreme Court’s interpretation of the Clean Air Act, which now goes back almost half a century. Many scholars have argued that the Court has shifted from an approach to statutory interpretation that relied heavily on purposivism—the custom of giving statutory goals weight in interpreting statutes—toward one that relies more heavily on textualism during this period. At the same time, proponents of dynamic statutory interpretation have argued that courts, in many cases, do not so much excavate a statute’s meaning as adapt a statute to contemporary circumstances.
When Judges Have Reasons Not To Give Reasons: A Comparative Law Approach, Mathilde Cohen
When Judges Have Reasons Not To Give Reasons: A Comparative Law Approach, Mathilde Cohen
Washington and Lee Law Review
Influential theories of law have celebrated judicial reason-giving as furthering a host of democratic values, including judges’ accountability, citizens’ participation in djudication, and a more accurate and transparent decision-making process. This Article has two main purposes. First, it argues that although reason-giving is important, it is often in tension with other values of the judicial process, such as guidance, sincerity, and efficiency. Reason-giving must, therefore, be balanced against these competing values. In other words, judges sometimes have reasons not to give reasons. Second, contrary to common intuition, common law and civil law systems deal with this tension between reasons for …
How Roe V. Wade Was Written, David J. Garrow
How Roe V. Wade Was Written, David J. Garrow
Washington and Lee Law Review
No abstract provided.
Justice Lewis F. Powell's Baffling Vote In Roe V. Wade, Samuel W. Calhoun
Justice Lewis F. Powell's Baffling Vote In Roe V. Wade, Samuel W. Calhoun
Washington and Lee Law Review
No abstract provided.
Congress, The Constitution, And Supreme Court Recusal, Louis J. Virelli Iii
Congress, The Constitution, And Supreme Court Recusal, Louis J. Virelli Iii
Washington and Lee Law Review
Recusal is one of the most hotly contested issues facing the Supreme Court. From the wide-ranging debate over Supreme Court recusal, however, a singular theme has emerged: Congress must do more to protect the integrity and legitimacy of the Court by regulating the Justices’ recusal practices. Herein lies the problem. Rather than solve the puzzle of Supreme Court recusal, direct congressional regulation has created an impasse between Congress and the Court that has consequences for the reputation, efficacy, and legitimacy of both Branches. In a precursor to this Article, I recast the issue of Supreme Court recusal as a constitutional …
Lewis F. Powell, Jr.-A Personal View, J. Harvie Wilkinson Iii
Lewis F. Powell, Jr.-A Personal View, J. Harvie Wilkinson Iii
Washington and Lee Law Review
No abstract provided.
Coercion, Pop-Psychology, And Judicial Moralizing: Some Proposals For Curbing Judicial Abuse Of Probation Conditions, Andrew Horwitz
Coercion, Pop-Psychology, And Judicial Moralizing: Some Proposals For Curbing Judicial Abuse Of Probation Conditions, Andrew Horwitz
Washington and Lee Law Review
No abstract provided.
A Tribute To William T. Brotherton, Jr
A Tribute To William T. Brotherton, Jr
Washington and Lee Law Review
No abstract provided.
A Tribute To Lewis F. Powell, Jr
Remembering The Fourth Circuit Judges: A History From 1941 To 1998
Remembering The Fourth Circuit Judges: A History From 1941 To 1998
Washington and Lee Law Review
No abstract provided.
Standing Committee On Discipline V. Yagman: Missing The Point Of Ethical Restrictions On Attorney Criticism Of The Judiciary?, Caprice L. Roberts
Standing Committee On Discipline V. Yagman: Missing The Point Of Ethical Restrictions On Attorney Criticism Of The Judiciary?, Caprice L. Roberts
Washington and Lee Law Review
No abstract provided.
Quantitative Analysis Of A Judicial Career: A Case Study Of Judge John Minor Wisdom, Henry T. Greely
Quantitative Analysis Of A Judicial Career: A Case Study Of Judge John Minor Wisdom, Henry T. Greely
Washington and Lee Law Review
No abstract provided.
Buckley V. Illinois Judicial Inquiry Board And Stretton V. Disciplinary Board Of The Supreme Court: First Amendment Limits On Ethical Restrictions Of Judicial Candidates' Speech, Robert M. Brode
Washington and Lee Law Review
No abstract provided.
Deliberate Indifference: Judicial Tolerance Of Racial Bias In Criminal Justice, Bryan A. Stevenson, * Ruth E. Friedman
Deliberate Indifference: Judicial Tolerance Of Racial Bias In Criminal Justice, Bryan A. Stevenson, * Ruth E. Friedman
Washington and Lee Law Review
No abstract provided.
Improving One's Situation: Some Pragmatic Reflections On The Art Of Judging, Catharine Pierce Wells
Improving One's Situation: Some Pragmatic Reflections On The Art Of Judging, Catharine Pierce Wells
Washington and Lee Law Review
No abstract provided.
Centrist Judging And Traditional Family Values: Or Why Papa Can't Be A Rolling Stone, Steven H. Hobbs, Mary F. Mulligan
Centrist Judging And Traditional Family Values: Or Why Papa Can't Be A Rolling Stone, Steven H. Hobbs, Mary F. Mulligan
Washington and Lee Law Review
No abstract provided.
Remarks On The Process Of Judging, William H. Rehnquist
Remarks On The Process Of Judging, William H. Rehnquist
Washington and Lee Law Review
No abstract provided.
Quotas, Politics, And Judicial Statesmanship: The Civil Rights Act Of 1991 And Powell's Bakke, Mark H. Grunewald
Quotas, Politics, And Judicial Statesmanship: The Civil Rights Act Of 1991 And Powell's Bakke, Mark H. Grunewald
Washington and Lee Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Doctrine Of Judicial Privilege: The Historical And Constitutional Basis Supporting A Privilege For The Federal Judiciary
Washington and Lee Law Review
No abstract provided.
Clement F. Haynsworth, Jr., Donald Russell
Clement F. Haynsworth, Jr., Donald Russell
Washington and Lee Law Review
No abstract provided.
Clement F. Haynsworth, Jr.-A Personal Tribute, Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
Clement F. Haynsworth, Jr.-A Personal Tribute, Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
Washington and Lee Law Review
No abstract provided.