In last month’s column, I examined the four cases that reached the U.S. Supreme Court directly from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in the 2019-2020 term. As readers may recall, the Third Circuit had a .500 success rate in those four cases, achieving two affirmances and two reversals.

In this month’s column, I examine the other half of the equation—how the Third Circuit fared in cases that reached the U.S. Supreme Court from other courts but in which the Supreme Court expressly noted that it was resolving conflicts that involved the Third Circuit. This is where the Third Circuit performed remarkably well last term. More specifically, the Supreme Court decided a total of six cases in this category, agreeing with the Third Circuit four times and disagreeing with the Third Circuit the remaining two times.