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Classification of majority opinions and headnotes written by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia
Berger, Linda L.;
Nystrom, Eric C.
This is data to accompany an article by Linda L. Berger and Eric C. Nystrom, "A Rhetorical-Computational Analysis of Justice Antonin Scalia's 'Remarkable Influence': The Unexpected Importance of Deceptively Unanimous and Contested Majority Opinions," Journal of Appellate Practice and Process 20, no. 2 (2020).
In "scalia-HN-with-ruletype.tsv," Berger classified each headnote from a Scalia-authored majority opinion as one of the following rhetorical types: argument, scalia rule, or preexisting rule. (See article for further explanation of these categories.) Organized by SCDB ID and headnote number.
In "unanimity.tsv," Berger addressed each case with a Scalia-authored majority opinion, assessing the degree of unanimity, which may or may not be the same as that implied by the for/against vote in the case. Fields include case SCDB ID, majority-minority vote, and degree of unanimity.
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scalia-HN-with-ruletype_05192018.tsv
md5:9f6e75e88635b42be7d3f05fefd090c4 |
1.2 MB | Download |
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unanimity.tsv
md5:d0414b5551213e6bd69000c90089372d |
11.1 kB | Download |
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| Views | 88 | 88 |
| Downloads | 32 | 32 |
| Data volume | 22.4 MB | 22.4 MB |
| Unique views | 80 | 80 |
| Unique downloads | 18 | 18 |
- Publication date:
- July 12, 2019
- DOI:
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- Keyword(s):
- law legal studies digital history
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- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International