“Unlike the traditional approach, which measures just the outcome of case, the full approach focuses on the Supreme Court’s reasoning and that of the courts of appeals.”

In this article, John S. Summers and Michael J. Newman discuss the reversal rates of the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit using their full measure metric, which examines a broader category of cases than the often misleading traditional measure.

This article was originally published in Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly.

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