The Bartlett Law Firm has started to really heat up through June, and even more so into the first week of July. Many thanks are due to clients who have entrusted their appellate matters to me in the U.S. Fifth Circuit, U.S. Eleventh Circuit, and Louisiana Fifth and Third Circuits. I look forward to continuing this practice in additional jurisdictions and with more of you.Of course, the increasing busy-ness of the Bartlett Law Firm means that my June observations and statistics on The Bartlett Blawg have had to wait until a week and a half into July, but here they are:

• In opinions released in June 2008 by the U.S. Supreme Court, the main opinion-author in opinions for the Court was Justice Breyer, with five. Justices Scalia, Kennedy, and Thomas each authored four opinions for the Court, followed by Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Souter and Alito with three each, and Justices Stevens and Ginsburg with two each. Justice Breyer was also one of the three main dissenting authors in June, sharing that title with Justices Scalia and Alito, with four dissenting opinions each. Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Stevens authored two dissenting opinions each in June, and Justices Kennedy and Thomas each authored one dissenting opinion in June. Justice Alito was the primary concurring author, penning three concurring opinions. Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Scalia, Souter, and Thomas each authored two concurring opinions in June; Justices Stevens and Ginsburg each chipped in with one concurring opinion. June, however, was quote the month for splitting the baby at the Court. Justice Stevens authored four opinions concurring in part and dissenting in part, followed by Justices Ginsburg and Breyer with three each, and Justices Kennedy, Souter, and Thomas with one each. Following this trend, seven of the justices partially joined opinions of the Court - Chief Justice Roberts (1), and Justices Stevens (3), Scalia (1), Souter (3), Ginsburg (5), Breyer (3), and Alito (3). The most agreeable member of the Court, fully joining the most opinions of the Court, was Justice Kennedy, joining twenty majority opinions; he, consequently, only joined one concurrence and three dissents. Chief Justice Roberts joined nineteen opinions of the Court, two concurrences, and four dissents; Justice Stevens joined sixteen opinions of the Court, one partial concurrence/partial dissent, and four dissents; Justice Scalia joined sixteen opinions of the Court, two concurrences, and four dissents; Justice Souter joined eighteen opinions of the Court, two partial concurrences/partial dissents, and five dissents; Justice Thomas joined eighteen opinions of the Court, one concurrence, and seven dissents; Justice Ginsburg joined seventeen opinions of the Court, two concurrences, one partial concurrence/partial dissent, and six dissents; Justice Breyer joined thirteen opinions of the Court, one concurrence, three partial concurrences/partial dissents, and three dissents; and Justice Alito joined eighteen opinions of the Court, and four dissents.

• The Louisiana Supreme Court was not particularly active in June. Justice Victory authored one opinion of the Court, and Chief Justice Calogero and Justice Johnson each dissented.

• In published opinions released in June by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, the Court kept to its habit of predominantly releasing per curiam opinions, with twelve, including the one en banc opinion released by the Court (Moore v. Quarterman). The primary identified opinion author was Judge Garza, penning four opinions of the Court, as well as the Court’s only published dissent and published partial concurrence/partial dissent. Judge Dennis followed with published opinions of the Court; then Chief Judge Jones and Judges Garwood, Higginbotham, Barksdale, Benavides, Owen, and Southwick with two each; then Judges Reavley, Jolly, Davis, Wiener, DeMoss, Stewart, and Prado with one each.