Lawyers, organized interests, and the law of obscenity: agenda setting in the Supreme Court.

A model for case selection, which would facilitate easy selection of cases, was formulated for use by lawyers specializing in obscenity cases. Data drawn from petitions filed with the Supreme Court from 1955 to 1987 were used to formulate the program. The Supreme Court's treatment of several different litigations in various obscenity law suits was noted to have been differential.

Each year thousands of cases and litigants come to the Supreme Court. How can the Court find the most important cases to decide? The law of obscenity illustrates particularly well the Court's problem as it ...

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