Collegiality and Leadership in Judicial Decision-Making

• In Event: Understanding the U.S. Courts of Appeals

Brief Overview

We question how cooperative decision-making is on judicial panels and test the argument that certain characteristics (e.g., potential nomination to Supreme Court) lead particular judges to have greater influence over the judges with whom they serve.

Authors

• Maxwell H. H. Mak, CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice

• Andrew H. Sidman, CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice