Year-in-Review Analysis of Fifth Circuit Rulings on Tad Bartlett’s Take the Fifth Blog

Partner Tad Bartlett, head of Fishman Haygood’s Appellate Section, has published his sixth annual year-in-review look at U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit opinions. These statistics are based on 2,456 total opinions from October 2025 through September 2026, an increase of 32 when compared to the 2024-25 year. Click here to read more on his Take the Fifth blog.

Tad’s blog digests all opinions released by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, summarizes all opinions designated for publication, and tracks statistics on opinion releases from the Circuit. Read his September 2026 post here and see Tad’s previous monthly recaps on the firm’s Resources page.

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