“Conflict Scope and Judicial Behavior: Evidence from U.S. Supreme Court Federal Agency Cases”

• In Event: Courts and the Public

Brief Overview

The paper looks at how the scope of political conflict, which I define as both the number of and extent by which groups are impacted by the outcome of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling, influences judicial decision making in federal agency cases.

Author

• Matthew Cooper, University of Tennessee, Knoxville