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Women's Rights Litigation In The 1980s: More Of The Same?, Tracey E. George, Lee Epstein
Women's Rights Litigation In The 1980s: More Of The Same?, Tracey E. George, Lee Epstein
Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications
In the September 1983 issue of Judicature,Karen O'Connor and Lee Epstein published the results of their examination of the fate of gender-based cases in the U.S. Supreme Court during the 1970s. Overall, they found that the justices were quite receptive to such claims, supporting the women's rights position in about 58 percent of the 63 disputes resolved between the 1969 and 1980 terms.