9th Circuit winning percentage against the U.S. Supreme Court is .167
George Will today in his column points out that out of the 82 cases that the Supreme Court heard last term 18 were from the 9th Circuit -- 22% of the cases. An even distribution between the Circuits would be 14.6%. Further, out of these 18 cases the Supreme Court reversed 15. Mr. Will points out that this is a winning percentage of .167 which is worse than the 1962 Mets winning percentage (.250). On top of that the first decision issued by the Supreme Court this term was another reversal of the 9th Circuit. Certainly food for thought and fodder to those that want to split the 9th Circuit into two circuits.
