Book Review:
Charles Alan Wright, The Supreme Court: Facts & Figures, reviewing “The Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Their Lives and Major Opinions Vol. V The Burger Court, 1969-1978 edited by Leon Friedman and “The First One Hundred Justices: Statistical Studies on the Supreme Court of the United States” by Albert P. Blaustein and Roy M. Mersky, 57 Texas L. Rev. 1283 (1979).
 

Abstract:
Professor Wright concludes that Vol 5 has a few solid and useful appraisals of its subjects, but the majority are powdery and pedestrian. He finds that where analysis is attempted it is often of dubious quality. However, the reaction to the Mersky and Blaustein book is considerably more favorable – the book, he finds, is full of useful coordinated information and adds to our knowledge about those who have served the court.