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Table of contents for Strategy on the United States Supreme Court / Saul Brenner, Joseph M. Whitmeyer.

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I. Introduction: 1. The legal model; 2. The attitudinal model; 3. The strategic models; II. Certiorari: 4. The losing litigant model; 5. The outcome-prediction strategy; III. The Conference Vote on the Merits: 6. Strategic voting at the conference vote; 7. Fluidity and strategic voting; IV: The Majority Opinion and Other Opinions: 8. The extent of successful bargaining over the content of the majority opinion; 9. The size of opinion coalitions; 10. At whose ideal point will the majority opinion be written?; 11. Reciprocity on the supreme court; V. The Final Vote on the Merits: 12. The separation of powers model; 13. Supreme Court decision making and public opinion; VI. Concluding Chapters: 14. Strategies in pursuit of institutional goals; 15. Summary; Appendix 1: decision making on the U.S. Supreme Court; Appendix 2: additional questions to explore.

Library of Congress subject headings for this publication:
United States. -- Supreme Court -- Decision making.
Judicial process -- United States.