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A Neo-Institutional Explanation of State Supreme Court Responses in Search and Seizure CasesSouthern Illinois University-Carbondale
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale To better understand the relationship between the U.S. Supreme Court and state supreme courts, we examine how Supreme Court precedent affects state supreme court decision making. Examining state supreme court decisions in search and seizure cases decided by the Supreme Court between 1983 and 1993, we specifically test hypotheses about how state judicial context and Supreme Court behavior influences when the lower court is likely to be affected by Supreme Court precedent. We find that there is substantial variation in the responses to precedent by state supreme courts. We find that precedent has a substantial influence on the behavior of state supreme court justices, but judicial ideology and the level of historical conflict between the Supreme Court and the state supreme court also influence the dissemination of precedent to the states. Most interesting, the effect of judicial retention methods on the application of precedent are considerable.
Key Words: search and seizure • state supreme courts • compliance • state judicial institutions • judicial behavior
American Politics Research, Vol. 35, No. 5,
726-754 (2007) This article has been cited by other articles:
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