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shadow dockets

shadow dockets is the plural of shadow docket.

Meaning of shadow docket

Noun

shadow docket (plural shadow dockets)

  1. (US) The cases resolved by the US Supreme Court that do not involve briefing, oral argument, or full judicial opinions.
    • This is not very surprising given that overall confidence in the court has been slipping for the better part of the past decade. But the precipitous drop in the court’s popularity particularly in recent years is worth noting. Based on the poll, the court experienced a major additional blow to its...2026 March 12, Kimberly Atkins Stohr, “One thing voters agree on: They don’t like the Supreme Court”, in The Boston Globe, retrieved 22 Apr 2026

Questions about shadow dockets

What is shadow dockets the plural of?
Shadow dockets is the plural of shadow docket.

Words near shadow dockets in the dictionary

  1. shadow daddies
  2. shadow daddy
  3. shadow darner
  4. shadow dial
  5. shadow docket
  6. shadow dockets
  7. shadow DOM
  8. shadow DOMs
  9. shadow drop
  10. shadow dropped
  11. shadow dropping

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