... the areas in which it seems to offer the most explanatory power: notably, the decision by judges to write separately (e.g., dissent, concur) on the U.S. Courts of Appeals. The essay also reflects on the limitations of collegiality and how the theory may be less helpful in accounting for behavior in other...

... and Borrowed Language in the U.S. Courts of Appeals (1) (2) (3) Opinion Author Age 0.005^** 0.008^** 0.007^** (0.001) (0.001) (0.001) Opinion Author Experience − 0.006^** − 0.005^** (0.001) (0.001...

... Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, he mentored numerous judges and lawyers, including future Chief Justice John Roberts and Attorney General Merrick Garland. After Friendly s death, Chief Justice Warren Burger paid him tribute, declaring: In my 30 years on the bench, I have never known a [lower...

... axis and median Article III judge age on the vertical axis. Figure shows age starting at around 50 years old in 1790 and increasing steadily to just over 70 years old as of 2023. Figure 1.2 Total days served by United States Courts of Appeals judges, 1900–present. For judges who served in multiple...

... Russell Epstein Lee counterideological lower court decisions Judicial Common Space JCS scores panels judicial behavior U.S. Courts of Appeals U.S. District Courts intercourt relations collegiality interpersonal contact appellate reversal attitudinal model judicial decision-making judicial...

... courts of appeals law of the circuit doctrine judicial resources appellate opinions This chapter examines critically the several premises of the limited publication regime, and the next chapter advances some counter-arguments against that system. In making those arguments, we are reminded...

... publications circuit court opinions courts of appeals limited publication judicial accountability judicial responsibility decisional law Even if the validity of the premises underlying the limited publication regime could be accepted, that regime still must survive powerful counter-arguments...

...Selective Publication in the U.S. Courts of Appeals. Rachael K. Hinkle, Oxford University Press. © Oxford University Press 2024. DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780197770085.003.0003 This chapter addresses a foundational empirical question: What factors shape the publication decision? Explicit...

...Selective Publication in the U.S. Courts of Appeals. Rachael K. Hinkle, Oxford University Press. © Oxford University Press 2024. DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780197770085.003.0005 Simply bringing more women and minorities to the bench does not guarantee that they experience the same level...

... a prison guard told the head of the department, Dr. Knable, that Johnson was a homosexual (Slavitt 1995). The trial court initially dismissed Johnson s complaint, but the U.S. Court of Appeals overruled that dismissal and stated the following: If Johnson was denied a prison work assignment simply because...

... great power? Article III Constitution Constitutional Convention constitutional interpretation judicial activism Supreme Court Article I Constitution Article II Constitution Articles of Confederation branches of government Chief Justices Constitution Court of Appeals in Cases of Capture...

... 51,465 50,314 Note: Table entries are ordered logistic regression estimates with robust standard errors (clustered on the treatment case) in parentheses. The dependent variable represents each individual judge’s vote in U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals cases applying Supreme Court...

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...This introductory chapter sets out the book's focus, namely the deterioration of the U.S. Courts of Appeals. These courts decide over fifty thousand cases per year, out of which the Supreme Court usually chooses to review fewer than one hundred. Thus, from the litigant's point of view...

...This chapter discusses the history of the circuit courts of appeals. For the first hundred years, there was no separate set of intermediate courts of appeals, though Congress had experimented with various court configurations to perform their function. Then in the Evarts Act (1891) and the Judges...

... with a look at the publication rates in the courts of appeals as well as the contents of their Publication Plans today. Publication Plans circuit court decisions Judicial Conference of the United States Federal Judicial Center Pether Penelope Advisory Council for Appellate Justice Publication decisions...

...The previous chapters have exposed the deterioration of the U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals over the last forty years. During that same forty-year period, the courts have been the subject of extensive study and investigation by various governmental and nongovernmental bodies. In fact, thirteen...

...The U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals have responded to the caseload flood with the system of Appellate Triage, a series of appellate process truncating devices. These devices, used to dispose of the less interesting portion of the circuit courts' caseloads, have helped the courts keep current...

... overlook the importance of collegiality. Appellate judges in the U.S. Courts of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court wield enormous influence, yet face a significant constraint on their power: their colleagues. Surprisingly, leading theories of judicial behavior relegate collegiality to the background...

... in the judiciary and how the effects of collegiality should vary by context, such as level of court. collegiality Courts of Appeals U S D C Circuit Edwards Harry T ideology Cross Frank B Haar Jarrod M ten Brummelhuis Lieke L Tiller Emerson H van der Lippe Tanja Cain Àine daily lives collegiality...