Law Review Articles Relating to Nonpublication

 

1.     Philip D. Reed Lecture Series   Citation of Unpublished Opinions--Panel Discussion -- THE APPELLATE JUDGES SPEAK -- Hon. Edward R. Becker, Hon. Michael Boudin, Hon. Pierre N. Leval -- Moderator Professor Patrick Schiltz.  (2005.)

2.     Andrew T. Solomon   Making Unpublished Opinions Precedential: A Recipe for Ethical Problems & Legal Malpractice?    26 Miss. C. L. Rev. 185 (2007).

3.     Sarah E. Ricks  A Modest Proposal for Regulating Unpublished, Non-precedential Federal Appellate Opinions While Courts and Litigants Adapt to Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 32.1;   9 Journal of Appellate Practice and Process 17  (Spring 2007).

4.     Peter W. Martin   Neutral Citation, Court Web Sites, and Access to Authoritative Case Law; Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 06-047, December 2006.

5.     Diane Adams-Strickland   Don’t Quote Me:  The Law of Judicial Communications in Federal Appellate Practice and the Constitutionality of Proposed Rule 32.1; CommLaw Conspectus: Journal of Communications Law and Policy; Fall 2005.

6.     Jonathan E. Pincince   Inviting Injustice:  Why the Rhode Island Supreme Court Should Publish Opinions For All Criminal Case Decisions, 8 Roger Williams U. L. Rev. 353 (2003)

7.     Sarah E. Ricks, The Perils of Unpublished Non-precedential Federal Appellate Opinions: A Case Study of the Substantive Due Process State-Created Danger Doctrine in One Circuit, 81 Washington Law Review 217 (2006)

8.     Dean A. Morande   Publication Plans in the United States Courts of Appeals:  The Unattainable Paradigm, 31 Fla. St. U. L. Rev. 751 (2004).

9.     Bradley Scott Shannon  May Stare Decisis Be Abrogated by Rule? Ohio State Law Journal, Vol. 67, p. 645 (2006).

10. Lee F. Peoples  Controlling the Common Law: A Comparative Analysis of No-Citation Rules and Publication Practices in England and the United States; Indiana International & Comparative Law Review, Vol. 17 (2007)

11. Penelope Pether Take a Letter, Your Honor: Outing the Judicial Epistemology of Hart v. Massanari; 62 Wash. & Lee L. Rev. 1553 (2005)

12. Joan M. Shaughnessy Commentary: Unpublication and the Judicial Concept of Audience; 62 Wash. & Lee L. Rev. 1597 (2005)

13. Arthur J. Jacobson Publishing Dissent; 62 Wash. & Lee L. Rev. 1607 (2005)

14. Sarah M.R. Cravens Judges as Trustees: A Duty to Account and an Opportunity for Virtue; 62 Wash. & Lee L. Rev. 1637 (2005)

15. David C. Vladeck & Mitu Gulati Judicial Triage: Reflections on the Debate Over Unpublished Opinions; 62 Wash. & Lee L. Rev. 1667 (2005) 

16. David E. Klein Unspoken Questions in the Rule 32.1 Debate: Precedent and Psychology in Judging; 62 Wash. & Lee L. Rev. 1709 (2005) 

17. William M. Richman Much Ado About the Tip of an Iceberg; 62 Wash. & Lee L. Rev. 1723 (2005)

18. Carl Tobias Fourth Circuit Publication Practices; 62 Wash. & Lee L. Rev. 1733 (2005)

19. Patrick J. Schiltz, Much Ado About Little: Explaining the Sturm Und Drang over the Citation of Unpublished Opinions, 62 Wash. & Lee L. Rev. 1429 (2005)

20. Stephen R. Barnett  The Dog That Did Not Bark: No-Citation Rules, Judicial Conference Rulemaking, and Federal Public Defenders; 62 Washington & Lee Law Review 1491 (2005)

21. David S. Caudill  Parades of Horribles, Circles of Hell: Ethical Dimensions of the Publication Controversy; Villanova University School of Law; Working Paper Series, 2005, Paper 36

22. Patrick J. Schiltz  The Citation of Unpublished Opinions in the Federal Courts of Appeals; Fordham Law Review, Vol. 74, No. 23, 2005

23. Jessie Allen  Just Words?  The Effects of No-Citation Rules in Federal Court of Appeals; 29 Vt. L. Rev. 555 (2005).

24. Kenneth J. Schmier & Michael K. Schmier  Has Anyone Noticed the Judiciary’s Abandonment of Stare Decisis?; 7 JOURNAL OF LAW AND SOCIAL CHALLENGES 233, Fall 2005

25. Stephen R. Barnett  In Support of Proposed Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 32.1:  A Reply to Judge Alex Kozinski; Federal Lawyer, Nov./Dec. 2004 at 32.

26. Alex Kozinski  In Opposition to Proposed Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 32.1; Federal Lawyer, June 2004 at 36.

27. Martha Dragich Pearson  Citation of Unpublished Opinions as Precedent; 55 Hastings L. J. 1235 (2004).

28. Penelope Pether  Inequitable Injunctions: The Scandal of Private Judging in the U.S. Courts; 56 Stan. L. Rev. 1435 (2004)

29. Amy E. Sloan  A Government of Laws and Not Men:  Prohibiting Non-precedential Opinions by Statute or Procedural Rule, 79 Ind. L. J. 711 (2004)

30. Norman R. Williams  The Failings of Originalism:  The Federal Courts and the Power of Precedent; 37 U.C. Davis L. Rev. 761 (2004)

31. Hans Sherrer  The Complicity of Judges in the Era of Wrongful Convictions    October 2003; Northern Kentucky Law Review; Vol. 30 No. 4

32. Allen, Jessie  The Right to Cite: Why Fair and Accountable Courts Should Abandon No-Citation Rules; NYU Brennan Center for Justice; September 2005

33. Gerald F. Uelmen  Supremely Futile: The George Court's Sisyphean Struggle; California Lawyer Magazine; July 2005

34. J. Lyn Entrikin Goering   Legal Fiction of the Unpublished Kind: The Surreal Paradox of No-Citation Rules and the Ethical Duty of Candor   1 Seton Hall Circuit Review 27 (Spring 2005)

35. Lawrence J. Fox   Those Unpublished Opinions: An Appropriate Expedience Or An Abdication Of Responsibility?  Hofstra Law Review 32: 1215

36. William R. Mills   The Shape Of The Universe:  The Impact Of Unpublished Decisions On The Process Of Legal Research   New York Law School Law Review  46: 429.

37. Joshua R. Mandell   Trees That Fall In The Forest:  The Precedential Effect Of Unpublished Opinions  Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review  34: 1255.

38. David Stephen Law  THE PARADOX OF OMNIPOTENCE: COURTS, CONSTITUTIONS, AND COMMITMENTS  (Abstract).

39. David Stephen Law  Strategic Judicial Lawmaking: Ideology, Publication, and Asylum Law in the Ninth Circuit 73 University of Cincinnati Law Review 87 (May 2005).

40. Supreme Court of Wisconsin, In the Matter of the AMENDMENT OF WIS. STAT. § (RULE) 809.23(3) regarding citation to unpublished opinions.  2003 WI 84.

41. Carr, Chris A. and Michael R. Jencks, THE PRIVATIZATION OF BUSINESS AND COMMERCIAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION: A MISGUIDED POLICY DECISION; 18 Kentucky Law Journal 183; 2000.  (pdf version)

42. Barnett, Stephen R., STATEMENT AT THE HEARING ON PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE FEDERAL RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE BEFORE THE APPELLATE RULES COMMITTEE, UNITED STATES JUDICIAL CONFERENCE; April 13, 2004., STATEMENT AT THE HEARING ON PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE FEDERAL RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE BEFORE THE APPELLATE RULES COMMITTEE, UNITED STATES JUDICIAL CONFERENCE; April 13, 2004.

43. American College of Trial Lawyers, OPINIONS HIDDEN, CITATIONS FORBIDDEN: A REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF TRIAL LAWYERS ON THE PUBLICATION AND CITATION OF NONBINDING FEDERAL CIRCUIT COURT OPINIONS; March 2002., OPINIONS HIDDEN, CITATIONS FORBIDDEN: A REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF TRIAL LAWYERS ON THE PUBLICATION AND CITATION OF NONBINDING FEDERAL CIRCUIT COURT OPINIONS; March 2002.

44. David R. Dow; Bridget T. McNeese, INVISIBLE EXECUTIONS: A PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF PUBLICATION RATES IN DEATH PENALTY CASES IN SELECTED JURISDICTIONS; Texas Journal on Civil Liberties & Civil Rights; 2004., INVISIBLE EXECUTIONS: A PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF PUBLICATION RATES IN DEATH PENALTY CASES IN SELECTED JURISDICTIONS; Texas Journal on Civil Liberties & Civil Rights; 2004.

45. Tim Reagan et al., Federal Judicial Center, Citations to Unpublished Opinions in the Federal Courts of Appeals (2005)

46. Cappalli, Richard B., The Common Law's Case Against Non-Precedential Opinions; Southern California Law Reivew, May 2003., The Common Law's Case Against Non-Precedential Opinions; Southern California Law Reivew, May 2003.

47. Sinclair, Michael B. W., Anastasoff versus Hart: The Constitutionality and Wisdom of Denying Precedential Authority to Circuit Court Decisions, Anastasoff versus Hart: The Constitutionality and Wisdom of Denying Precedential Authority to Circuit Court Decisions

48. Barnett, Stephen R., The Journal of Appellate Practice and Process; NO-CITATION RULES UNDER SIEGE: A BATTLEFIELD REPORT AND ANALYSIS, Fall 2003

49. Tusk, Marla Brooke, Columbia Law Review; No-Citation Rules As A Prior Restraint On Attorney Speech, 103 Colum. L. Rev. 1202 (2003).

50. Barnett, Stephen R., Statement before the Assembly Judiciary Committee of the California Legislature in support of AB 1165, May 6, 2003

51. Laretto, Kenneth Anthony, Stanford Law Review; "Precedent, Judicial Power, and the Constitutionality of No-Citation Rules in the Federal Courts of Appeals"

52. Barnett, Stephen R., The Journal of Appellate Practice and Process; "FROM ANASTASOFF TO HART TO WEST’S FEDERAL APPENDIX: THE GROUND SHIFTS UNDER NO-CITATION RULES"

53. Lauren Robel, The Practice of Precedent: Anastasoff, Noncitation Rules, and the Meaning of Precedent in an Interpretive Community, 35 Ind. L. Rev. 399 (2002)

54. Kelso, J. Clark and Joshua Weinstein  "A White Paper on Unpublished Opinions of the Court of Appeal";  Appellate Process Task Force; March, 2001

55. Melissa M. Serfass & Jessie L. Cranford  Federal and State Court Rules Governing Publication and Citation of Opinions, 3 J. App. Prac. & Process 251 (2001). 

56. Richard S. Arnold, Unpublished Opinions: A Comment (1999) 1 J. App. Prac. & Process 219 (1999)

57. B. Martin, Jr., In Defense of Unpublished Opinions (1999) 60 Ohio St. L.J. 177

58. D. Merritt and J. Brudney, Stalking Secret Law: What Predicts Publication in the United States Court of Appeals (2001) 54Vand. L. Rev. 71

59. Eighth Circuit Holds That Unpublished Opinions Must Be Accorded Precedential Effect (2001) 114 Harv.L.Rev. 940.

60. Baker, Paige M. "Depublication: The New Starchamber" Western State University Law Review, Vol. 18, No. 1, pg. 313, Fall 1990

61. Borger, John P. and Chad M. Oldfather "Anastasoff v. US and the Debate over Unpublished Decisions" Tort & Insurance Law Journal, Vol. 4, pg.36, 2001

62. Ward, Raymond P. "Williams v. Dallas Area Rapid Transit: Rule denying precedential status to unpublished decisions changes the outcome of the case"

63. Bashman, Howard J. "The Unconstitutionality of Non-Precedential Appellate Rulings"

64. Van Der Velde, Robert J. "Statement of Professor Rober J. Van Der Velde to the Commission On Structural Alternative for The Federal Courts Of Appeals"

65. Reynolds, William L and. Richman, William M "Elitism, Expediency, and The New Certiorari: Requiem For :The Learned Hand Tradition" 81 Cornell Law Review 273 (1996) This article is recommended as an overview of nonpublication.

66. Patricia M. Wald, The Rhetoric of Results and the Results of Rhetoric: Judicial Writings, 62 U. Chi. L. Rev. 1371 (1995)

67. Bowler, Jean M. "Law That Is Arbitrary Is Illegitimate" Law and American Society, Dominican College, Final Paper (August 3, 1998)

68. Kelso, J. Clark "A Report on the California Appellate System" 45 Hastings Law Journal 433 (March 1994)

69.  The Honorable Philip Nichols, Jr., "Selective Publication of Opinions: One Judge’s View" 35 American University Law Review 909 (1986)

70. Render, Edwin R. "On Unpublished Opinions" 73 Kentucky Law Journal 165 (1984)

71. Robel, Lauren K. "The Myth of the Disposable Opinion: Unpublished Opinions and Government Litigants in the United States Courts of Appeals" 87 Michigan Law Review 940 (April 1989)

72. Shuldberg, Kirt "Digital Influence: Technology and Unpublished Opinions in the Federal Courts of Appeals" 85 California Law Review 541 (March 1997)

73. Tobias, Carl "The New Certiorari And A National Study Of The Appeals Courts" 81 Cornell Law Review 1264 (1996)

74. Uelmen, Gerald F "Publication and Depublication of California Court of Appeal Opinions; Is The Eraser Mightier Than The Pencil? 26 Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review 1007 (June 1993)

75. Weaver, George M "The Precedential Value of Unpublished Judicial Opinions" 39 Mercer Law Review 477 (1988)

76. Barnett, Stephen R. "Depublication Deflating: The California Supreme Court’s Wonderful Law-Making Machine Begins to Self-Destruct" 45 Hastings Law Journal 519 (March 1994)

77. Barnett, Stephen R. "Making Decisions Disappear: Depublication and Stipulated Reversal in the California Supreme Court" 26 Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review 1033 (June 1993)

78. Bilder, Mary S. "The Original of the Appeal in America" 48 Hastings Law Journal 913 (July 1997)

79. Biggs, Julie Hayward "Censoring the Law in California: Decertification Revisited" 30:4 The Hastings Law Journal 1577 (May 1979)

80. Biggs, Julie Hayward "Decertification of Appellate Opinions: The Need for Articulated Judicial Reasoning and Certain Precedent in California Law" 50:2 Southern California Law Review 1181 (1977)

81. Black, Robert "Hide and Seek Precedent: Phantom Opinions in Ohio" 50:3 University of Cincinnati Law Review 477 (1981)

82. Carpenter, Charles E. "The No Citation Rule for Unpublished Opinions: Do the Ends of Expediency for Overloaded Appellate Courts Justify the Means of Secrecy?" 50 South Carolina Law Review 235 (Fall 1998)

83. Davidson, Zoe and Kaplan, Sheila "The Buying of the Bench" The Nation p. 11 (January 26, 1998)

84. Dragich, Martha J "Will The Federal Courts Of Appeals Perish If They Publish? Or Does The Declining Use Of Opinions To Explain And Justify Judicial Decisions Pose A Greater Threat?" 44 The American University Law Review 757 (1995)

85. Dubois, Philip L. "The Negative Side of Judicial Decision Making: Depublication as a Tool of Judicial Power and Administration on State Courts of Last Resort" 33:6 Villanova Law Review 469 (November 1988)

86. Dunn, David "Unreported Decisions In the United States Courts of Appeals" 63 Cornell Law Review 128 (1977-78)

87. Foa, Pamela "A Snake In The Path Of The Law: The Seventh Circuit’s Non Publication Rule" 39:1 University of Pittsburgh Law Review 309 (Fall 1977)

88. Garder, James N "Ninth Circuit’s Unpublished Opinions: Denial of Equal Justice?" 61 American Bar Association Journal 1224 (October 1975)

89. Gerstein, Robert S "Law by Elimination: Depublication in the California Supreme Court" 67:6 Judicature 293 (December-January 1984)

90. Patricia M. Wald, The Problem with the Courts: Black-Robed Bureaucracy or Collegiality Under Challenge? 42 Md. L. Rev. 766 (1983)

91. Goodwin, Eva S. "Partial Publication: A Proposal For A Change In The " Packaging" of California Court of Appeal Opinions To Provide More Useful Information For The Consumer" 19:1 Santa Clara Law Review 53 (Winter 1979)

92. Grodin, Joseph R "The Depublication Practice of the California Supreme Court" 72 California Law Review 514 (1984)

93. Hunter, Reed M. "Not to be Published in the Official Reports" 5:22 Brief/Case 10 (May 1980)

94. Jacobstein, J. Myron "Some Reflections on the Control of the Publication of Appellate Court Opinions" 27 Stanford Law Review 791 (1974-75)

95. Kanner, Gideon "Misery: How We Got There" The American Lawyer January 92 (1994)

96. Kanner, Gideon "The Unpublished Opinion: Friend or Foe?" California State Bar Journal 387 (July-August 1973)

97. Llewellyn, Karl N. "The Common Law Tradition, Deciding Appeals" Little Brown and Company (1960)

98. Newbern, David and Wilson, Douglas "Rule 21: Unprecedent and the Disappearing Court" 32 Arkansas Law Review 37 (1978)

99. Reuben, Richard "New Cites for Sore Eyes" 80:22 ABA Journal 14 (June 1994)

100.                  Reynolds, William L and. Richman, William M "An Evaluation of Limited Publication in the United States Courts of Appeals: The Price of Reform" 48 The University of Chicago Law Review 573 (1981)

101.                  Reynolds, William L and. Richman, William M "The Non-Precedential Precedent-Limited Publication and No-Citation Rules in the United States Courts of Appeals" 78:6 Columbia Law Review 1165 (October 1978)

102.                  Reynolds, William L. and Richman, William M. "Studying Deck Chairs on the Titantic" 81 Cornell Law Review 1290 (1996)

103.                  Seligson, Robert and Warnloff, John S. "The Use of Unreported Cases in California" 24:6 Hastings Law Journal 37 (May 1973)

104.                  Spitzer, Arthur B. and Wilson, Charles H. "The Mischief of the Unpublished Opinion" 21:4 American Bar Association 10 (1995)

105.                  Tatel, David S "Some Thoughts On Unpublished Decisions" 64:815 George Washington Law Review 7 (September 1994 - August 1995)

106.                  Thompson, Robert S "One Judge and No Judge Appellate Decisions" California State Bar Journal 476 (November/December 1975)