'Justice delayed, justice denied': the fastest gun in the East (or at least on the Supreme Court).

Constitutional CommentaryVol. 16 Nbr. 2, June 1999

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Data from the 1995-1997 Supreme Court terms is analyzed to determine, for each Justice, the average number of days to decide a case. The period between oral arguments and the date the opinion was published is used as a measuring device.

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'Justice delayed, justice denied': the fastest gun in the East (or at least on the Supreme Court).

"Justice delayed, justice denied" is an ancient legal maxim. Its impact has been profound, including upon recent Supreme Court Justices. For example, in Steel Company v. Citizens for a Better Environment,(1) Justice Scalia's majority opinion noted that the increased caseload of appellate ...

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