Talk:Thurgood Marshall/Archive 3

Discrepancy in number of cases argued/won
Under the section, "Chief Counsel for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund," this article says "In total, Marshall won 29 out of the 32 cases he argued before the Supreme Court"

Later, under "Court of Appeals and Solicitor General," it says "As Solicitor General, he won 14 out of the 19 cases that he argued for the government".

Obviously, these two cannot be rectified, since if he lost 5 cases for the government, his win record would at best be 27/32. Both are [citation needed]

Most sources I've found support the former, including the NYTimes obituary: https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0702.html It also says that he argued 14 as a private citizen and 18 as SG.

But I did find one source saying he was 14 of 19 for the government, but it didn't seem the most reliable. [such as this site that gets a warning when you try to access it: http://chnm.gmu.edu/courses/122/hill/marshall.htm ] I can't find a list of all his cases he argued, so I can't say for sure one is right, though I suspect the 29/32 is right.

In any event, this discrepancy should be fixed, but since sources disagree I wanted to place it out here first. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.111.228.60 (talk) 00:13, 5 November 2018 (UTC)
 * The way I read it, he won 29 out of 32 cases he argued as Chief Counsel for the NAACP. He left that position and took a position as Solicitor General, where he won 14 out of 19 cases he argued in that position. ~  ONUnicorn (Talk&#124;Contribs) problem solving 21:33, 11 May 2021 (UTC)