The U.S. Supreme Court's Evolution from Mandatory to Discretionary Jurisdiction

• In Event: Judicial Decision-making

Brief Overview

We chronicle, date, and model first the growth and then the decline in the number of cases affirmed by the United States Supreme Court as its docket evolved across two centuries from mandatory to discretionary review.

Authors

• Charles E. Smith, University of Mississippi

• Gregory A. Caldeira, Ohio State University-Main Campus

• Douglas R. Rice, University of Massachusetts-Amherst

• Christopher J Zorn, Pennsylvania State University-University Park