Because unpublished opinions aren’t precedential and don’t typically get reviewed by full courts, some court watchers worry that panels could use them to get their desired outcome in a particular case without making changes to the law.
August 26, 2022 at 01:10 PM
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The original version of this story was published on National Law Journal
Concerns about judges abusing unpublished opinions are in the spotlight following a dissental from Judge Jerry Smith last week.
The practice is likely rare, but one expert said that, as courts become more politically polarized, the risk of judges strategically (and nefariously) using nonbinding, unpublished opinions to avoid en banc review could increase.
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Judge Jerry E. Smith, of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, speaking during a panel discussion at the Federalist Society’s 2018 National Lawyers Convention at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C.
