Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-1997
Abstract
A recent development in the judicial behavior literature on Supreme Court agenda setting is the examination of case selection within particular areas of the law. To that end, this study examines the Supreme Court's agenda-building process regarding American Indian Interests as a petitioning litigant during the 1969-1992 October terms. Using a multivariate logistic regression model, the findings indicate that judicial attitudes as manifested by the attitudinal model, the direct and third party briefs filed by the Solicitor General's office for and against American Indian interests, and the presence of a sovereignty issue were influential explanatory variables in the Supreme Court's case selection process. Contrary to the expectations of this study, however, the petitioning party alleging lower court conflict, dissension, and the number of amici curiae briefs filed in support of, and in opposition to, American Indian interests were not important predictors.
Identifier
10.1177/1532673X9702500206
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Repository Citation
Hermann, J.R. (1997). American Indian interests and supreme court agenda setting: 1969-1992 October terms. American Politics Quarterly, 25(2), 241-260. doi: 10.1177/1532673X9702500206
Publication Information
American Politics Research