So far,
only three published studies have analyzed the association between brief readability and case outcome, 50 and no studies have analyzed that association in the trial
courts, where most lawyers practice.51 Long and Christensen sampled 882
appellate briefs from the Supreme
Court, federal appellate courts, and state supreme courts.52 Their dependent variable was the outcome of the appeal (affirmed or reversed), while their independent variable was readability measured by the Flesch Reading Ease score as calculated by Microsoft Word.53 For federal appellate and state supreme court briefs, the researchers coded control variables for federal or state court, standard of review, presence of a dissenting opinion, and readability of the opinion deciding the appeal.54 For United States Supreme Court briefs, the researchers coded control variables for constitutional issue, criminal or civil case, presence of a dissenting opinion, and opinion readability.55 They found no statistically significant correlation between readability and outcome in the briefs in their stu
Court,
federal appellate courts, and state supreme
courts.52 Their dependent variable was the outcome of the appeal (affirmed or reversed), while their independent variable was readability measured by the Flesch Reading Ease score as calculated by Microsoft Word.53 For
federal appellate and state supreme
court briefs, the researchers coded control variables for federal or state court, standard of review, presence of a dissenting opinion, and readability of the opinion deciding the appeal.54 For United States Supreme Court briefs, the researchers coded control variables for constitutional issue, criminal or civil case, presence of a dissenting opinion, and opinion readability.55 They found no statistically significant correlation between readability and outcome in the briefs in their stu
court briefs, the researchers coded control variables for
federal or state
court, standard of review, presence of a dissenting opinion, and readability of the opinion deciding the appeal.54 For United States Supreme Court briefs, the researchers coded control variables for constitutional issue, criminal or civil case, presence of a dissenting opinion, and opinion readability.55 They found no statistically significant correlation between readability and outcome in the briefs in their stu
court, standard of review, presence of a dissenting opinion, and readability of the opinion deciding the appeal.54 For United States Supreme
Court briefs, the researchers coded control variables for constitutional issue, criminal or civil case, presence of a dissenting opinion, and opinion readability.55 They found no statistically significant correlation between readability and outcome in the briefs in their stu
Court briefs, the researchers coded control variables for constitutional issue, criminal or civil case, presence of a dissenting opinion, and opinion readability.55 They found no statistically significant correlation between readability and outcome in the briefs in their study.56
As I predicted in early January based on the official recording of the
appellate hearing, the United States
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has thrown out the 2014 district court ruling in Apple's favor (which was already a major disappointment for Apple, as Apple got only about 5 % of the roughly $ 2.5 billion it originally wan
Court of Appeals for the
Federal Circuit has thrown out the 2014 district
court ruling in Apple's favor (which was already a major disappointment for Apple, as Apple got only about 5 % of the roughly $ 2.5 billion it originally wan
court ruling in Apple's favor (which was already a major disappointment for Apple, as Apple got
only about 5 % of the roughly $ 2.5 billion it originally wanted).