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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction | |
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| An Area of Confusion | |
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| Moving Forward | |
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| Plan of the Book | |
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| Interest Group Litigation | |
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| Interest Groups Defined | |
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| The Decision to Litigate | |
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| Methods of Interest Group Litigation | |
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| The Goal(s) of Amicus Participation | |
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| Summary and Conclusions | |
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| Amicus Curiae Participation in the Supreme Court | |
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| The History of Amici Curiae: From Friendship to Advocacy | |
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| Rules and Norms | |
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| Levels of Amicus Participation | |
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| Amicus Participation by Issue Area | |
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| Ideological Positions Advocated by the Amici | |
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| Who Participates? | |
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| Types of Information Supplied by Amicus Briefs | |
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| Summary and Conclusions | |
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| Amici Curiae and Judicial Decision Making | |
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| Chapter Overview | |
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| Models of Judicial Decision Making | |
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| The Legal Model | |
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| The Attitudinal Model | |
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| The Legal and Attitudinal Models: A Shared Characteristic | |
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| Amici Curiae and Judicial Decision Making: Two Approaches | |
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| Legal Persuasion and Amici Curiae | |
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| The Attitudinal Model and Amici Curiae | |
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| Overview and Clarification | |
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| Modeling the Influence of Amici Curiae | |
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| Other Influences on the Ideological Direction of the Vote | |
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| Empirical Results | |
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| Summary and Conclusions | |
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| Amici Curiae and the Consistency of Judicial Decision Making | |
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| The Importance of Understanding Variability in Decision Making | |
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| Amici Curiae and the Consistency of Judicial Choice | |
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| Modeling the Influence of Amici Curiae | |
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| Other Influences on the Consistency of Judicial Decision Making | |
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| Empirical Results | |
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| Summary and Conclusions | |
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| Amici Curiae and Dissensus on the Supreme Court | |
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| The Importance of Understanding Separate Opinions | |
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| Amicus Curiae Briefs: A Misapplied Surrogate for Salience | |
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| The Influence of Amicus Briefs on Concurrences and Dissents | |
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| Modeling the Influence of Amici Curiae | |
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| Other Influences on Dissensus | |
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| Empirical Results | |
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| Summary and Conclusions | |
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| Conclusions and Implications | |
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| Amicus Participation: The Empirical Findings and Their Normative Implications | |
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| Amicus Influence: The Empirical Findings and Their Normative Implications | |
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| Future Research | |
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| Data and Data Reliability | |
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| The Kearney and Merrill Database | |
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| The Original Data Collection | |
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| Identifying the Liberal and Conservative Nature of the Amicus Curiae Briefs | |
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| A Final Word on Methodology | |
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| References | |
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| Table of Cases | |
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| Index | |