Important SCT Cases?

[Martin J. Sweet]

A new paper recently delivered at a panel I chaired at the American
Political Science Association Annual Meeting uses network analysis to craft
a measure for the importance of cases. The authors, Spriggs, Fowler,
Johnson, Jeon and Wahlbeck use the number of citations to and from a case to
craft a more reliable measure of importance than traditional measures. You
can find the paper on SSRN at:
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=906827#PaperDownload

 

Best,

 

Martin

 

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Martin J. Sweet

Assistant Professor of Political Science

Honors College

Florida Atlantic University

5353 Parkside Drive

Jupiter, Florida 33458

561.799.8228

www.fau.edu/~msweet4

msweet4 at fau.edu

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[mailto:conlawprof-bounces at lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of Ringhand, Lori
Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 2:10 PM
To: conlawprof at lists.ucla.edu
Subject: Important SCT Cases?

 

I am putting together a list of the most important cases decided by the
Supreme Court during the past six terms. In compiling the list, I am looking
at things like media coverage and amicus briefs filed. I also would like to
consider the assessment of law professors and other Court watchers.
Suggestions of cases to include can be sent to me privately or on list. I
would like to end up with a list of 35-40 cases. Thanks for any suggestions
you may have.

 

Lori Ringhand

Associate Professor of Law

University of Kentucky College of Law

Lexington, KY 40502

859 257 8754

lring2 at uky.edu

 

Blog: http://ratiojuris.com 

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Home Page: http://www.uky.edu/Law/faculty/ringhand.html

 

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