Oral Arguments and Decision Making on the United States Supreme Court

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Tables	ix
Acknowledgments	xi
Chapter 1: Introduction	1	(20)
Chapter 2: Oral Arguments as an Information-Gathering Tool	21	(36)
Chapter 3: Oral Arguments and Coalition Formation	57	(14)
Chapter 4: Conference, Opinion Writing, and Oral Arguments	71	(22)
Chapter 5: Oral Arguments and Decisions on the Merits	93	(32)
Chapter 6: Conclusions and Implications	125	(8)
Appendix 1: Data Selection	133	(4)
Appendix 2: Data Reliability	137	(2)
Appendix 3: Example of Justice Powell's Oral Argument Notes from Chapter 3	139	(2)
Notes	141	(16)
References	157	(10)
Cases Cited or in the Sample	167	(4)
Index	171