Board #22 - Institutional Inequality in the U.S. Court of Claims: Revisiting the “Haves vs. Have-Nots” Debate

• In Event: 73-309 - Poster Session: Evaluating Judicial Decision-making

Brief Overview

Drawing on 19th-century Court of Claims cases, this research tests whether differences in resources and legal capacity influenced success rates between “haves” and “have-nots” suing the federal government.

Author

• Lucy Bolles, Purdue University, West Lafayette