When Interest Groups Involved in Litigation Pursue a Pattern-Of-Cases Strategy

question 33

Multiple Choice

When interest groups involved in litigation pursue a pattern-of-cases strategy, they are

• A) using legal arguments that have won in the past.
• B) bringing the same type of suit into multiple circuits, hoping that a contradiction in rulings will bring about a Supreme Court review.
• C) shopping around for the district where the likelihood of a favorable decision is highest.
• D) filing multiple friend-of-the-court briefs, in the hope of influencing the legal arguments of the Supreme Court.
• E) filing cases in different courts on the same subject.

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