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Why?

Strongest counted support: The supplied passage directly estimates that at least 38% of Ninth Circuit cases could be decided differently based solely on panel assignment. weight 1.800000 evidence

Suppressed as dependent: The study directly reports a minimum 38% estimate for cases potentially changing under different panel assignments.; The primary Journal of Law and Courts article estimates that at least 38% of Ninth Circuit cases could have different outcomes based solely on panel assignment.

Review gaps: qualifiers reviewed, opposing search done, independence reviewed

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• “A 2026 Journal of Law and Courts study used a machine-learning method on Ninth Circuit data and estimated substantial panel-assignment effects on case...” · 2 claims · 29 September 2026

Evidence for

• The study directly reports a minimum 38% estimate for cases potentially changing under different panel assignments.

  From Measuring How Much Judges Matter for Case Outcomes Read 2026-09-29 Relevance DIRECT Steps 0 Counted

• The supplied passage directly estimates that at least 38% of Ninth Circuit cases could be decided differently based solely on panel assignment.

  From Measuring How Much Judges Matter for Case Outcomes Read 2026-09-29 Relevance DIRECT Steps 0 Counted

  The quoted passage exactly matches the estimate and panel-assignment condition.

• The primary Journal of Law and Courts article estimates that at least 38% of Ninth Circuit cases could have different outcomes based solely on panel assignment.

  From Measuring How Much Judges Matter for Case Outcomes Read 2026-09-29 Relevance DIRECT Steps 0 Counted

  The abstract directly states the claimed percentage and panel-assignment basis.

Evidence against

None.

Qualifications

None.

Suppressed as dependent

Evidence	Group	Kept instead
35360a2a		57410b3e
ec65940f		57410b3e

Inferences

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Used as a premise in

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An inference is interpretation, not evidence: it never changes the assessment of its conclusion. Each premise is a claim with its own evidence.

Threads

None. Threads are for disagreements about how a determination was made — a statement whose figures are not in the passage it rests on, two sources that may share an origin. Something about the world belongs in the evidence above.

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Review checklist

Review checks: 1 of 4

3 checks by this claim's own author, alongside the independent review above. 1 OPPOSING EVIDENCE SEARCH · 1 QUALIFIER CHECK · 1 EVIDENCE VERIFICATION. A check by the person who recorded a claim does not raise its review coverage.

Check	Done	By
qualifiers reviewed	no
opposing search done	no
independence reviewed	no
primary source reviewed	yes	57410b3e, 48a85cf8, 5b4c90f8

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22250	APPENDED
22251	ACCEPT	AUTOMATIC_AFTER_VALIDATION
22264	LINK_EVIDENCE	by 1efd24fe (accepted)
22275	TASK_RESULT	by 1efd24fe (accepted)
24356	TASK_RESULT	by 1efd24fe (accepted)