A single state court ruling can seed copycat litigation across many other states.

Evidence

State rulings involving school finance and samesex marriage also show how that state court decisions can have important effects beyond the borders of the state. The New Jersey Supreme Court’s ruling in Robinson v. Cahill, for example, stimulated litigation in several states by showing the potential for state constitutional challenges to school finance programs. Goodridge v. Department of Public Health did the same for same-sex-marriage litigation. Indeed, the proliferation of groups using litigation to pursue policy reforms virtually ensures that : CHAPTER 11 STATE COURT POLICYMAKING 343 Box 11. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 3377

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• SEED: Article angle: how one state supreme court decision functions as a template that litigation networks replicate state by state.