Appellate Court Supervision in the Federal Judiciary: A Hierarchical Perspective.

In this article, we examine factors that influence appellate supervision in the lower tiers of the federal judicial hierarchy. Drawing on the insights of agency theory, we develop a framework to assess the determinants of circuit panel decisions to affirm or reverse federal district court rulings. O...

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Published in:	Law & Society Review Vol. 37; no. 1; pp. 143 - 168
Main Authors:	Haire, Susan B., Songer, Donald R., Lindquist, Stefanie A.
Format:	Article
Published:	Wiley-Blackwell March 2003
Subjects:	Federal court decisions Judicial review Appellate courts
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost