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SCOTUS News: Week of October 23rd, 2016

Author: Robert SancrainteOn: Oct 28Categories: FantasySCOTUS, LexAnalysis, News

As we have predicted before, many of the cases on the Supreme Court’s fall docket are leaning toward unanimity or near-unanimity. At least, in the eyes of the Crowd. It remains to be seen how our robotic best friend @MarshallPlus will respond to...

Oyez, Oyez, Oyez! The October 2015 Term of FantasySCOTUS Is Now In Session

Author: Josh BlackmanOn: Oct 05Categories: Analytics, LexAnalysis No Comments

Oyez, oyez oyez! Happy first Monday! Today LexPredict has launched the 7th Season of FantasySCOTUS. Continuing our successes from last year, FantasySCOTUS is sponsored by Thomson Reuters. If you’ve played before, or are new to the competition, sign...

FiveThirtyEight Priors and Precedent Feature: FantasySCOTUS Predictions for EEOC v. Abercrombie and Fitch

Author: Josh BlackmanOn: Feb 27Categories: LexAnalysis

The very-cool FiveThirtyEight will be using FantasySCOTUS predictions for pending cases. The first feature by Oliver Roeder looks at EEOC v. Abercrombie and Fitch. Here I’ll turn to two sources: the {Marshall}+ algorithm — a computer program designed...

FantasySCOTUS and {Marshall}+ Final Predictions for December Sitting

Author: Josh BlackmanOn: Jan 13Categories: LexAnalysis

This term, the LexPredict team will be generating predictions for all cases argued before the Supreme Court. First, we are aggregating the crowd-sourced predictions of the players on FantasySCOTUS. Second, we are generating predictions from {Marshall}+,...

After 4 Cases, {Marshall}+ Beats FantasySCOTUS (Slightly)

Author: Josh BlackmanOn: Dec 15Categories: LexAnalysis

This term, the Supreme Court has issued four decisions from 40 argued cases. Overall, the FantasySCOTUS crowd correctly predicted 2 out of the 4 cases, for a 50% accuracy rate. {Marshall}+ correctly predicted the outcome in 3 out of 4 decisions. However,...

FantasySCOTUS and {Marshall}+ Final Predictions for October & November Sittings

Author: Josh BlackmanOn: Dec 08Categories: LexAnalysis

FantasySCOTUS and {Marshall}+ Predictions for Supreme Court’s October Sitting

Author: Josh BlackmanOn: Nov 01Categories: LexAnalysis

How will the Justices decide cases involving the 4th Amendment, Religious Liberty, and Antitrust Law? This term, the LexPredict team will be generating predictions for all cases argued before the Supreme Court. First, we are aggregating the crowd-sourced...

FantasySCOTUS and {Marshall}+ Featured in the Washington Post

Author: Josh BlackmanOn: Oct 24Categories: LexAnalysis

Robert Barnes has published a piece in the Washington Post about fun ways to follow the Supreme Court. We are extremely excited about his extensive coverage of FantasySCOTUS, LexPredict, and {Marshall}+. Here are the highlights: And while a justice’s...

LexPredict Revolutionizes Supreme Court Predictions With FantasySCOTUS and {Marshall}+

Author: Josh BlackmanOn: Oct 13Categories: LexAnalysis, Technology No Comments

LexPredict Revolutionizes Supreme Court Predictions With FantasySCOTUS and {Marshall}+

LexAnalysis, Technology

There are three ways to forecast events–experts, crowds, and algorithms. The LexPredict team has united all three approaches to offer an accurate method of generating Supreme Court predictions. Experts LexPredict has gathered a group...