# motion to lunch?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motion-to-lunch/579115>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 20, 2011, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motion-to-lunch/579115 "2011-04-20T18:30:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![rbroome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/838e76/32.png) [@rbroome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rbroome)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motion-to-lunch/579115/1 "2011-04-20T18:30:27Z")

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Here is an interesting article:  
[http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2011/03/29/1018033108](http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2011/03/29/1018033108)

Researchers have found that rulings by judges dramatically depend on time of day. It is far more likely for a defendent to get a favorable ruling from a judge right after lunch or early in the morning compared to late the afternoon or just before lunch. Of course the judges aren’t aware of the bias, and apparently neither are defense attorneys. Any comments from the eagle-eyed lawyers on the Dope-other than what’s for lunch judge?