Informational Need, Institutional Capacity, and Court Receptivity
Interest Groups and Amicus Curiae in State High Courts
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6340329 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jenna Becker Kane (West Chester University, PA, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 71 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 881-894 |
| Publication date | 2018-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Political Research Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1065-9129 • E-ISSN: 1938-274X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1065912918770045 |
| OpenAlex | W2800506250 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 35 |
Interest group participation in state courts of last resort has increased substantially over the past four decades, and the scope of this litigation activity has expanded to include a wider range of group participation. Despite the fact that organized interests increasingly recognize state high courts as legitimate policy venues, little is known about how interest groups choose the specific cases in which they participate. Beginning with the assumption that interest groups seek policy influence, this paper tests the hypothesis that groups strategically target cases that will best serve the policy and institutional interests of the group, while focusing group resources on cases and courts where they are most likely to be successful. Using an original dataset assembled from content analysis of more than 2,300 state supreme court decisions handed down between 1995 and 2010 and spanning three distinct areas of law—products liability, environmental law, and free speech and expression—this paper investigates the case-level and court-level factors that attract interest group participation as amicus curiae in state high courts
Business · Economics · Interest group · Law and economics · Political science · Politics · Scope (computer science · State (computer science · Supreme court · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Regulation and Compliance Studies
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Judicial Review in State Supreme Courts
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Litigation as a Form of Pressure Group Activity
A Neo-Institutional Explanation of State Supreme Court Responses in Search and Seizure Cases
Friends of the Court
Measuring the Professionalization of U.S. State Courts of Last Resort
Competing Constraints
Lobbyists before the U.S. Supreme Court
Organized Interests and Agenda Setting in the U.S. Supreme Court
Justice for Sale? Campaign Contributions and Judicial Decisionmaking
The Rise of Conservative Interest Group Litigation
Measuring the Preferences of State Supreme Court Judges
Models of State High Court Decision Making in Sex Discrimination Cases
The Interplay of Preferences, Case Facts, Context, and Rules in the Politics of Judicial Choice
Amici Curiae before the Supreme Court
Partisan Labels and Democratic Accountability
Placing State Supreme Courts in State Politics
Exploring the Participation of Organized Interests in State Court Litigation
The Success of Amici in State Supreme Courts
Interest Group Success in the Courts
Amicus Curiae and the Role of Information at the Supreme Court
State Public Opinion, the Death Penalty, and the Practice of Electing Judges
Accountability and Coercion
Case Visibility and the Electoral Connection in State Supreme Courts
Judicial Selection and Death Penalty Decisions
Quality Over Quantity
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,4 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |