Explaining the (Non)Occurrence of Equal Divisions on the U.S. Supreme Court

Ryan C. Black; Amanda C. Bryan

doi:10.1177/1532673X14531482

Explaining the (Non)Occurrence of Equal Divisions on the U.S. Supreme Court

Ryan C. Black, Amanda C. Bryan

Department of Political Science

Michigan State University

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Original language	American English
Journal	American Politics Research
Volume	42
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1532673X14531482
State	Published - Nov 1 2014

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