Litigants divide into occasional one-shotters and frequent repeat players who learn the system

Evidence

One may also look at civil cases in terms of the parties involved in the cases. One legal scholar, Marc Galanter, has suggested dividing the parties in civil cases into one-shotters (OS) and repeat players (RP). One-shotters are litigants who have only occasional recourse to the courts (e.g., spouses in divorce actions and taxpayers in tax cases). In contrast, repeat players are engaged in many similar cases over time (e.g., collection agencies in debt cases and the Internal Revenue Service in tax cases). — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 2258

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Frequent business counterparts resolve disputes privately to protect ongoing relationships; Repeat player suits against one-shotters dominate civil litigation — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1113; Repeat players can draft contracts and structure disputes to advantage themselves. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1122