Partisanship and Judicial Decision Making in U.S. Courts of Appeal

Partisanship is found in voter and Congressional behavior. Members of the federal judiciary should behave similarly. I utilize cases involving the Republican and Democratic parties from 1966 to 1997 and examine the voting behavior of federal Courts of Appeal judges. I utilize both cross tabulations and a Logit regression model to determine the likelihood appellate judges will vote for their own party and against the opposition.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of North Texas

Year dc:date

2002

Author dc:creator

• Meaders, Eddie Loyd

Contributors dc:contributor

• King, Kimi L.
• Feigert, Frank
• Meernik, James

• Judicial process -- United States.
• Appellate courts -- United States.
• United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
• judicial decision making
• Republican Party
• appellate judges
• partisanship

Statement dc:rights

• Public
• Copyright
• Meaders, Eddie Loyd
• Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

oclc: 52136217
https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc3329/
ark: ark:/67531/metadc3329

OAI identifier oai:identifier

info:ark/67531/metadc3329