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The Intersection of Judicial Attitudes and Litigant Selection Theories: Explaining U.S. Supreme Court Decision-Making

Authors: Jeff Yates (Binghamton University) , Elizabeth Coggins (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

  • The Intersection of Judicial Attitudes and Litigant Selection Theories: Explaining U.S. Supreme Court Decision-Making

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    The Intersection of Judicial Attitudes and Litigant Selection Theories: Explaining U.S. Supreme Court Decision-Making

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Abstract

This Essay tests an integrated model of decision-making on case outcomes in the United States Supreme Court and employs an interactive specification to assess the influence of judicial ideology on Supreme Court outcomes, simultaneously accounting for litigants’ and justices’ case selection (sorting) behavior.

Keywords: Judicial process, Judicial discretion, Judicial decision-making, Theories of decision-making, U.S. Supreme Court

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2008-12-31

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