The influence of stare decisis on the votes of United States Supreme Court Justices

American Journal of Political Science

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 971-1003

  Segal, Jeffrey A ^a   Spaeth, Harold J ^a  

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DOI: 10.2307/2111738     Document Type: Article

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