https://lettersblogatory.com/2012/07/23/belfast-project-is-a-petition-for-an-en-banc-rehearing-a-waste-of-time/ The Blog of International Judicial Assistance Mon, 18 Nov 2024 18:06:17 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://lettersblogatory.com/2012/07/23/belfast-project-is-a-petition-for-an-en-banc-rehearing-a-waste-of-time/#comment-22501 Mon, 18 Nov 2024 18:06:17 +0000 http://lettersblogatory.com/?p=9331#comment-22501 […] let’s look at the judges in regular active service on the court today. As I have pointed out, the question whether to rehear a case en banc is for the judges in regular active service, not the […]

]]> https://lettersblogatory.com/2012/07/23/belfast-project-is-a-petition-for-an-en-banc-rehearing-a-waste-of-time/#comment-727 Fri, 31 Aug 2012 22:01:51 +0000 http://lettersblogatory.com/?p=9331#comment-727 […] As expected, the First Circuit has denied Moloney & McIntyre’s petition for a hearing by the panel or en banc. Moloney & McIntyre have already signaled their intention to file a petition for a writ of certiorari in the Supreme Court. […]

]]> https://lettersblogatory.com/2012/07/23/belfast-project-is-a-petition-for-an-en-banc-rehearing-a-waste-of-time/#comment-726 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 15:55:05 +0000 http://lettersblogatory.com/?p=9331#comment-726 Today’s issue of Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly makes pretty much the same point I make in this post. In a front-page article called “Circuit Vacancy Creating Challenges for Mass. Attorneys,” Lisa Keen notes the delay in Senate consideration of William J. Kayatta Jr., whom President Obama has nominated to fill the sixth authorized seat on the court. She writes: “The vacancy could also have an impact on the prospects for en banc appeal. If a panel of three active circuit judges renders a unanimous vote, there’s essentially no chance of en banc review, because the votes of the other two active judges can’t change the result.” I don’t think the article is available online to non-subscribers, unfortunately.

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