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Law.com has US Solicitor General Scored Well Overall Last Term, but Lost Most of the Biggest Cases

• The Office of the U.S. Solicitor General, led by Biden appointee Elizabeth Prelogar, appeared in 52 of the term’s 63 argued cases. Two of the 52 were dismissed as improvidently granted (DIGs) and one ended in a 4-4 split. Of the remaining 49, the office had an overall win rate of 67%. Breaking down the cases into where the government was a party, the win rate was 58%, and where it was an amicus, 76%.
• The office lost five of the term's seven biggest cases in which it participated, including abortion, guns and climate change.
• Last term, 27 of the 118 advocates argued two or more cases, according to SCOTUSblog statistics. Seven of the 27 were from law firms