Some comparisons

I can now make some comparisons between CAAF's current Term and recent Terms that I couldn't make on Friday when I couldn't access most of CAAF's web site.

We noted that 65 cases are scheduled for oral argument this Term. Here are the numbers for the previous 5 Terms:

2007 - 55
2006 - 76
2005 - 64
2004 - 57
2003 - 57

So this Term should beat the previous 5 Terms' average of 61.8 decisions.

We saw that the Navy-Marine Corps Court accounts for the lion's share of cases CAAF will review this year. Here's an interesting statistic: not once over the previous 5 Terms has the Army had the lead in number of CAAF cases. The Air Force had more than any other service in the 2007, 2005, and 2003 Terms, while the Deparment of the Navy had more than any other service in the 2006 and 2004 Terms. But if we extend the lens by one more year, the Army had more than any other service in the 2002 Term.