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.
Origin of shadow docket
1Coined by U.S. legal scholar and University of Chicago law professor William P. Baude (born 1950) in 2015
- Also called or·ders dock·et [awr-derz dok-it], /ˈɔr dərz ˌdɒk ɪt/, e·mer·gen·cy dock·et [ih-mur-juhn-see dok-it] /ɪˈmɜr dʒən si ˌdɒk ɪt/ .
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