Majority opinion assignment in salient cases on the u.s. Supreme court: Are new associate justices assigned fewer opinions?

Justice System Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 209-221

  Brenner, Saul ^a  

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EID: 24944480514     PISSN: 0098261X     EISSN: 23277556     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0098261X.2001.10767641     Document Type: Article

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