Data/Statistics on the U.S. Supreme Court
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The Supreme Court Compendium by Call Number: Also available in print: Law Library Reference, KF8742 .S95 2012historical and statistical information on every important aspect of the U.S. Supreme Court; its history; development as an institution; the justices' backgrounds; nominations and confirmations the Court's relationship with the public and other governmental and judicial bodies. includes an institutional overview of the Court's history; a chronology of important events dating back to 1787l detailed background information on all of the justices.
Note: The 2003 edition is also available in Olin Library Reference, KF8742 .S914x 2003 .
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The Supreme Court DatabaseData on Supreme Court decisions and decision-making.
- identification variables (e.g., citations and docket numbers);
- background variables (e.g., how the Court took jurisdiction, origin and source of the case, the reason the Court agreed to decide it);
- chronological variables (e.g., the date of decision, term of Court, natural court);
- substantive variables (e.g., legal provisions, issues, direction of decision);
- outcome variables (e.g., disposition of the case, winning party, formal alteration of precedent, declaration of unconstitutionality); and
- voting and opinion variables (e.g., how the individual justices voted, their opinions and interagreements).
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National Center for State Courts, Court Statistics ProjectA project of the National Center for State Courts. Caseload data from the courts of the fifty states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.