Add to ORKGIn contrast to the Supreme Court, which typically reverses the cases it hears, the United States Courts of Appeals almost always affirm the cases that they hear. We set out to explore this affirmance effect on the U.S. Courts of Appeal by using insights drawn from law and economics (i.e., selection theory), political science (i.e., attitudinal theory and new institutionalism), and cognitive psychology (i.e., heuristics and biases, including the status quo and omission biases)
According to a number of studies and commentators, a serious caseload crisis faces the federal court...
How much confidence would you have in a judge whom your opponent hired, can pay bonuses to, and can ...
Scholars examining the relationship between the federal appellate courts and the US Supreme Court ha...
In contrast to the Supreme Court, which typically reverses the cases it hears, the United States Cou...
In contrast to the Supreme Court, which typically reverses the cases it hears, the United States Cou...
One of the most striking features of appellate courts in the United States is also one of the least ...
As the decisions of the United States Courts of Appeals become an increasingly important part of Ame...
Is one circuit significantly more conservative or liberal than the others? Do circuit courts consist...
This article examines the decisions of litigants in criminal cases to appeal decisions from the U.S....
Every state provides appellate review of criminal judgments, yet little research examines which fact...
The objective of this paper is to present a simple but flexible theoretical model of the adjudicatio...
Prior federal civil appellate studies show that appeals courts overturn jury verdicts more than benc...
Congress’ Evarts Act, signed into law in 1891, created a new Article III federal court designed almo...
Prior federal and state civil appeals studies show that appeals courts overturn jury verdicts more t...
In Nken v. Holder, the Supreme Court delineated the standards that must guide a court’s discretion i...
According to a number of studies and commentators, a serious caseload crisis faces the federal court...
How much confidence would you have in a judge whom your opponent hired, can pay bonuses to, and can ...
Scholars examining the relationship between the federal appellate courts and the US Supreme Court ha...
In contrast to the Supreme Court, which typically reverses the cases it hears, the United States Cou...
In contrast to the Supreme Court, which typically reverses the cases it hears, the United States Cou...
One of the most striking features of appellate courts in the United States is also one of the least ...
As the decisions of the United States Courts of Appeals become an increasingly important part of Ame...
Is one circuit significantly more conservative or liberal than the others? Do circuit courts consist...
This article examines the decisions of litigants in criminal cases to appeal decisions from the U.S....
Every state provides appellate review of criminal judgments, yet little research examines which fact...
The objective of this paper is to present a simple but flexible theoretical model of the adjudicatio...
Prior federal civil appellate studies show that appeals courts overturn jury verdicts more than benc...
Congress’ Evarts Act, signed into law in 1891, created a new Article III federal court designed almo...
Prior federal and state civil appeals studies show that appeals courts overturn jury verdicts more t...
In Nken v. Holder, the Supreme Court delineated the standards that must guide a court’s discretion i...
According to a number of studies and commentators, a serious caseload crisis faces the federal court...
How much confidence would you have in a judge whom your opponent hired, can pay bonuses to, and can ...
Scholars examining the relationship between the federal appellate courts and the US Supreme Court ha...