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Measuring Selection Bias In Publicly Available Judicial Opinions, Alexander A. Reinert
Measuring Selection Bias In Publicly Available Judicial Opinions, Alexander A. Reinert
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To have an informed discussion about judicial performance and efficiency, we will sometimes want to explore what judges actually do on an everyday level. But in many ways, courts have not always been paragons of transparency. Often the parties are the only people who are aware of what action a court has taken in a case.
This paper explores that dynamic, in the context of decisions made by federal trial courts at one particular procedural stage--decisions made on motions to dismiss for failure to state a claim--Rule 12(b)(6) motions. There is growing interest in the work of federal trial courts, …