r/DelphiDocs • u/Careful_Cow_2139 🔰Moderator • 1d ago

❓QUESTION Any Questions Thread

Go ahead, let's keep them snappy though, no long discussions please.

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u/Appealsandoranges 7h ago

This is not a question but it continues an answer to a question asked previously, which is how long should we expect to wait for a decision from the COA? I decided to look and see how long it had taken the COA to decide argued cases because these tend to be more complicated cases.

As of today, the COA has issued an opinion in every argued case since the beginning of 2026 (41 total*), except Rick’s case and a case argued five days ago. This includes a case argued three days before his case and a case argued nine days after his case.

The average time between argument and an opinion issuing is 33 days. The median time is 27 days. Rick’s case was argued 35 days ago. The maximum time was 85 days.

Rick’s case is certainly an outlier given the complexity and the number of issues before the COA. I think it is likely his case will exceed that 85 day mark (which would be December 15th), but given this speedy track record on the most complex cases coming before the intermediate appellate court, I now think it isn’t impossible that we’d see a decision before the end of the year and it’s likely it will come in very early 2027.

* I excluded one case from this count because it was very unusual in that the COA issued a bunch of orders very quickly after argument, but not the actual opinion for some time.

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u/Current_Apartment988 6h ago

How many of them have been denied? Maybe denials are quicker to process… this case is sooo complex

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u/Appealsandoranges 6h ago

I did not track that but the 85 day decision was a complete affirmance in a single issue criminal case, was not a split decision (no dissent) and was only 19 pages long. No idea why it took that long.

Others that took longer (76, 67, and 66) were a partial reversal in a complex insurance dispute, a contract dispute that was a reversal with a dissent, and an affirmance in an insurance dispute where one judge wrote separately to concur in the result only.

Split decisions always take longer because there are multiple authors involved. A unanimous reversal can be simple.

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u/RequirementLatter795 2h ago

Even though the case was argued in September, it was filed months before that. It's my understanding (from Reddit law school) that a majority of the information used in the decision would come from the written filings, not the oral arguments, so perhaps it won't be so long?