Dissensus on the Supreme Court: Litigant Paths and Interest Group Amici

• In Event: Interest Groups and the Courts

Brief Overview

This paper explores judicial behavior, specifically a justice's decision to author or join a separate opinion in responds to the representational value of amicus-filing organizations.

Authors

• Sahar C. Abi-Hassan, Mills College

• Janet M. Box-Steffensmeier, Ohio State University-Main Campus

• Dino Pinterpe Christenson, Washington University in St Louis