This is the first systematic and comprehensive analysis of state supreme courts. Offering detailed case studies of the Alabama, Ohio, and New Jersey supreme courts, G. Alan Tarr and Mary Cornelia Aldis Porter then use this information to assess the state courts' relations with federal courts, their relations with state courts in other states, and their relations with other institutions of state government.

This is the first systematic and comprehensive analysis of state supreme courts. Offering detailed case studies of the Alabama, Ohio, and New Jersey supreme courts, G. Alan Tarr and Mary Cornelia Aldis Porter then use this information to assess the state courts' relations with federal courts, their relations with state courts in other states, and their relations with other institutions of state government.

This is the first systematic and comprehensive analysis of state supreme courts. Offering detailed case studies of the Alabama, Ohio, and New Jersey supreme courts, G. Alan Tarr and Mary Cornelia Aldis Porter then use this information to assess the state courts' relations with federal courts, their relations with state courts in other states, and their relations with other institutions of state government.