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An Empirical Test Of The Rational Actor Theory Of Litigation, Donald R. Songer, Charles M. Cameron, Jeffrey A. Segal
An Empirical Test Of The Rational Actor Theory Of Litigation, Donald R. Songer, Charles M. Cameron, Jeffrey A. Segal
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This article examines the decisions of litigants in criminal cases to appeal decisions from the U.S. Courts of Appeals to the U.S. Supreme Court. Using a random sample of search and seizure cases from 1962 through 1990 and a measure of the likelihood that the appeals court decision will be reversed if cert is granted, we demonstrate that litigants behave as if they rationally consider costs and benefits in their decisions to appeal. Given the extraordinary number of cases decided by lower federal courts vis-g-vis the number of cases the Supreme Court can decide, we argue that such behavior is …
Gavel Raps, Edition 1 (February 1995), University Of South Carolina School Of Law Students
Gavel Raps, Edition 1 (February 1995), University Of South Carolina School Of Law Students
Gavel Raps Student Newspaper
Mandatory Grade Normalization: What's in It for Students?, by Sara Kelley
Editor's Note, by Brian McCarty
What's happened this year with Student Government?, by Bob Masella
THINK! PRO BONO, by Bob Masella
Utterings about Life Outside the Law School from the Bottom of the Class, by Brian McCarty