Expertise, Ideology, and Dissent

• In Event: Formal Models of Judicial Politics

Brief Overview

Is voting and opinion-writing different on the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit because of the court’s subject-specific jurisdiction? We test whether judges with patent backgrounds write more opinions in patent cases and the role of ideology.

Authors

• Paul R. Gugliuzza, Temple University

• Jonathan R. Nash, Emory University

• Jason Rantanen, University of Iowa