You’re So Vain: How Attorneys Use Strategic Citations to Sway Justices

• In Event: Lawyers and Litigants

Brief Overview

We seek to better understand how attorneys appearing before the Supreme Court appeal to the
justices’ preferences and obtain their votes using strategic citations to the justices' past work.

Authors

• Elizabeth A. Lane, North Carolina State University

• Jessica A. Schoenherr, University of South Carolina-Columbia