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shadow docket
[ shad-oh dok-it ]
noun
- a list of the cases resolved by the U.S. Supreme Court by unsigned procedural orders issued without full briefing, oral arguments, or lengthy written opinions. Compare merits docket ( def ).
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Word History and Origins
Origin of shadow docket1
Coined by U.S. legal scholar and University of Chicago law professor William P. Baude (born 1950) in 2015
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