Civil Justice Survey of State Courts, 2001

This data collection examined general civil cases (torts, contracts, and real property) disposed of by bench or jury trial in the nation's 75 most populous counties in 2001. Information reported includes the type of case, types of plaintiffs and defendants, trial winners, amount of total damage...

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Corporate Author: United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics. VerfasserIn (Author)
Format: Electronic Research Data
Language:English
Published: [Erscheinungsort nicht ermittelbar] [Verlag nicht ermittelbar] 2004
In:Year: 2004
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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Keywords:
Case processing
civil courts
Civil Law
court cases
court system
disposition (legal)
Lawsuits
state courts
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Summary:This data collection examined general civil cases (torts, contracts, and real property) disposed of by bench or jury trial in the nation's 75 most populous counties in 2001. Information reported includes the type of case, types of plaintiffs and defendants, trial winners, amount of total damages awarded, amount of punitive damages awarded, and case processing time. This is the third in a series of data collections begun in 1992: CIVIL JUSTICE SURVEY OF STATE COURTS, 1992 (ICPSR 6587), and CIVIL JUSTICE SURVEY OF STATE COURTS, 1996 (ICPSR 2883).
DOI:10.3886/ICPSR03957.v3