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A sci'fic inquiry into the behavior of Supreme Court justices in terms of the positive & negative consequences of conflict in Court. Conflict resolution is discussed re values, role, leadership, & personality of justices, in that order. Conflict in court is classified as (1) overt & public, (2) overt & nonpublic, & (3) covert. In conclusion, it is asserted that conflict is inherent in the pol'al role of Supreme Court justices. Value disparity is a major source of intracourt conflict. Another major source is disparity of conceptions of the basic judicial role. Other sources of conflict include the justices' personalities. Some conflict is functional to the Court's dispute-settling role, but some is not. Therefore it is important for members of the Court to distinguish functional from dysfunctional conflict & to strive to resolve, or at least manage, the latter. Success in this regard depends largely on the maintenance of soc-emotional conditions necessary for highly rational, efficient, collegial decision-making. Those conditions are closely related --,o the justices' personalities. Values, role, leadership, & personality are thus key concepts in understanding conflict, its resolution, & decisionmaking in the Supreme Court. M. Maxfield.

Introduction / Sheldon Goldman -- The influence of the Chief Justice in the decisional process of the Supreme Court / David J. Danelski -- An exploratory study of opinion assignment by the chief justice revisited / David J. Danelski -- The influence of the Chief Justice in the decisional process of the supreme court revisited : personality and leadership / David J. Danelski -- Selecting the chief : presidential calculation in appointing chief justices / Christine L. Nemacheck -- Confirming chiefs : ideology, opportunity, and the court's center chair / Kevin J. McMahon -- The Chief Justice and oral arguments at the U.S. Supreme Court / Timothy R. Johnson and Charles Gregory -- Forecasting opinion assignment on the U.S. Supreme Court / Paul J. Wahlbeck, Alyx Mark, Ryan Krog, and Phillip J. Wininger -- The Chief Justice and procedural power / Charles M. Cameron and Tom Clark -- Honeymoon on the court : chief justices and consensus building on the Supreme Court / Amy Steigerwalt, Pamela C. Corley, and Artemus Ward -- Genuine leader or merely "first among equals"? : probing the leadership capacity of the Chief Justice / Brandon L. Bartels and Phillip Wininger -- Herding scorpions : the Chief Justice as social leader / Ryan C. Black, Ryan J. Owens, and Justin Wedeking -- Troll-in-chief? : affective opinion content and the influence of the Chief Justice / Douglas Rice and Christopher Zorn -- Statutory interpretation and the Chief Justice : activism or judicial discretion? / Kirk A. Randazzo and Rebecca Reid -- The Chief Justice as administrative leader : explaining agenda size / Richard L. Vining Jr. and Teena Wilhelm -- Be careful with my court : legitimacy, public opinion, and the chief justices / Shawn C. Fettig and Sara C. Benesh -- Epilogue / David J. Danelski and Artemus Ward