Winners and Losers: Appellate Court Outcomes in a Comparative Context.

The article examines the relationship between the status of litigants, especially the comparison of repeat player haves (RP) to one-shotters (OS) who are usually have-nots, and their rates of success in top appellate courts in the common law world. Using data from the highest courts of appeals across nine countries, the article explores winners and losers in a comparative context.