Courthouse News Staff

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Architects in this new era of court design have chosen light as a visual metaphor, creating a sense of openness and access. In the 1990s, during the earlier phases, a few architects actually had to sell judges on installing more windows. Today, it's become the norm.

Nobody wants to strike out in court, but what lengths will litigants go to win? We bring you the inside baseball of how cases concerning abortion, immigration, bankruptcy and patent law get filed in specific federal courts to ensure friendly judges who often hand out significant national rulings.