Defendants in business disputes often wish to have their cases heard in federal rather than state court. The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure are standardized and may be more streamlined than their state-law counterparts.
In recent years, the U.S. Supreme Court has taken fewer cases on its merits docket. But it has increased the volume of its "shadow docket," where it has traditionally handled procedural.
Since 2017, the Supreme Court has significantly increased its use of the process by which the justices hear and resolves emergency appeals, sometimes known as the shadow docket. These decisions are made without oral argument and often come in short unsigned orders. Stephen Vladeck, the Charles Alan