Right to Privacy in the Federal District Courts: A Research Note

In: Politics & policy, Band 30, Heft 3, S. 552-561

Abstract

This study analyzes opinions published in the Federal Supplement between 1984 and 1995 which involve a right to privacy issue. Overall, only a slight majority of the opinions are supportive of the right to privacy claim raised in the case. However, opinions written by a Democratic judge are significantly more likely to support a right to privacy claim.