In light of the coming tide of contract-related Covid-19 litigation, I thought I& #39;d summarize the predictions of political science& #39;s attitudinal model of judge behavior to predict the role of ideology in contract disputes.

Commercial litigation generally is terribly predicted by ideology. Some years ago, @TheCLBoyd and I found that more conservative judges were *more likely to pierce the veil* of small businesses.

I& #39;m not saying we didn& #39;t have a plausible post-hoc theory...but https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤷‍♂️" title="Man shrugging" aria-label="Emoji: Man shrugging">?

I have priors about how ideology should interact with insurance disputes, pre-paid deposit refund class actions, etc. But the empirical bases of those priors is extremely weak in the existing literature.

Saying that conservatives are "pro-business" is just the wrong level of generality to be useful in the highly consequential B2B disputes that are likely to swamp courts.