Washington University Journal of Law & Policy

Article Title

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

Publication Title

Washington University Journal of Law & Policy

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.

Recommended Citation

Jeff Yates and Elizabeth Coggins, The Intersection of Judicial Attitudes and Litigant Selection Theories: Explaining U.S. Supreme Court Decision-Making, 29 Wash. U. J. L. & Pol’y 263 (2009),
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/law_journal_law_policy/vol29/iss1/10