The 9-Year Winning Streak Of Virginia 'Rocket Docket'
By Bob Tata, Hunton & Williams LLP ( April 26, 2017, 10:44 AM EDT) -- Some of the greatest winning streaks in sports? How about the University of Connecticut Huskies women's basketball team's four consecutive NCAA national championships from 2013-2016? The New York Yankees' five World Series championships in a row from 1949-1953? The UCLA Bruins' seven NCAA championships from 1967-1973? The Boston Celtics' eight NBA championships in a row from 1959-1966. The University of North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer team's nine national championships in a row from 1986-1994? And, of course, who can forget the longest winning streak in college sports history, the Trinity College Bantams men's squash team's 13-year, 252-match winning streak, which included national championships from 1998-2011? The Eastern District of Virginia "rocket docket" has a similarly impressive record for sustained excellence as it had the fastest federal court civil trial docket for the ninth straight year this year....
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