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The Appellate Win-Rate Illusion
Adam Feldman argues that appellate win rates are a misleading measure of success in court. In a new analysis, he explains that raw win percentages ignore case selection, court composition, and the types of issues on appeal, painting a distorted picture of how effectively parties or lawyers actually perform before appellate judges.
Why now: The piece challenges a commonly cited statistic in legal analysis, prompting debate among lawyers and court watchers.
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- The Appellate Win-Rate Illusion · Adam Feldman | Substack
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