Experts Judging Experts: The Role of Expertise in Reviewing Agency Decision Making

Banks Miller, Brett Curry

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Abstract

What role does judicial subject matter expertise play in the review of agency decisions? Using a data set of decisions in which the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (BPAI) is reviewed by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, we investigate this question and find that greater subject matter expertise does make it more likely that a judge will vote to reverse an agency decision.

Original languageAmerican English
JournalLaw & Social Inquiry
Volume38
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 27 2018

DC Disciplines

  • American Politics
  • Political Science
  • Social and Behavioral Sciences

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