Benjamin J. Horwich
Office of the Solicitor General · Washington, D.C. · Assistant to the Solicitor General · argued OT 2010–2013
9arguments since OT 2010
6–3record (side argued for), 67%
48Justice remarks faced per argument (open period; all advocates 47)
57%of those remarks read as doubt by Jev (all advocates 63%)
Arguments by term
Side wonSide lostPending / unclear
Arguments
| Term | Case | Side | Role | Result | Remarks faced | Doubt (Jev) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OT 2013 | Burrage v. United States | Respondent | Assistant to the Solicitor General | Lost | 58 | 85% |
| OT 2013 | United States v. Apel | Petitioner | Assistant to the Solicitor General | Won | 37 | 36% |
| OT 2012 | Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services v. Melissa Cloer | Petitioner | Assistant to the Solicitor General | Lost | 41 | 65% |
| OT 2012 | Matthew Robert Descamps v. United States | Respondent | Assistant to the Solicitor General | Lost | 49 | 74% |
| OT 2012 | Federal Trade Commission v. Phoebe Putney Health System, Inc. et al. | Petitioner | Assistant to the Solicitor General | Won | 56 | 69% |
| OT 2011 | Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Ltd. et al. v. Novo Nordisk A/S et al. | Amicus (for petitioner) | Assistant to the Solicitor General | Won | 28 | – |
| OT 2011 | National Meat Association v. Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General of California et al. | Amicus (for petitioner) | Assistant to the Solicitor General | Won | 16 | – |
| OT 2010 | Goodyear Dunlop Tires Operations, S.A. et al. v. Edgar D. Brown, Et Ux., Co-administrators of the Estate of Julian David Brown et al. | Amicus (for petitioner) | Assistant to the Solicitor General | Won | 7 | 25% |
| OT 2010 | Russel Bruesewitz et al. v. Wyeth LLC, Fka Wyeth, Inc., Fka Wyeth Laboratories et al. | Amicus (for respondent) | Assistant to the Solicitor General | Won | 21 | 46% |
Names, roles and sides from each transcript's list of appearances; results from the Supreme Court Database (did the side argued for win). Remarks faced: Justice turns of five words or more right after this advocate spoke, open period only. Doubt: TypeSafe's Jev reading of those remarks (an experiment, available where our research run covered the case).