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The Lottery Docket, Daniel Epps, William Ortman Mar 2018

The Lottery Docket, Daniel Epps, William Ortman

Michigan Law Review

We propose supplementing the Supreme Court’s caseload with a “lottery docket” of cases selected at random from final judgments of the circuit courts. The Court currently possesses almost unfettered authority to set its own agenda through its certiorari jurisdiction. By rule and custom, the Court exercises that discretion by selecting cases that it sees as important, in a narrow sense of that term. The Court’s free hand in agenda setting has obvious benefits, but it has drawbacks as well. It deprives the Court of critical information about how the law operates in ordinary cases. It signals to circuit courts that …


How To Screen For Success In Employment Law Cases, Robert M. Rosen Mar 2016

How To Screen For Success In Employment Law Cases, Robert M. Rosen

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.


Introduction, Anita Bernstein, Marc Galanter, Tanina Rostain Jan 2006

Introduction, Anita Bernstein, Marc Galanter, Tanina Rostain

NYLS Law Review

No abstract provided.


Case Selection In The United States Supreme Court, Michigan Law Review Mar 1981

Case Selection In The United States Supreme Court, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Case Selection in the United States Supreme Court by Doris Marie Provine