Sex and the Supreme Court: An Analysis of Support for Gender-Based Claims
Karen O'Connor and Lee Epstein

Social Science Quarterly 64 (2): 327-331 (1983)
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Abstract
During the 1970s, the United State Supreme Court handed down 68 full opinion decisions involving gender-based claims.  In this study we examined the Court’s and the individual justices’ support for those making claims of gender-based discrimination.  We concluded not only that the Court has been receptive to these claims but that most justices are more supportive of gender than of race-based claims.