Determinants of Case Growth in Federal District Courts in the United States, 1904-2002

This study analyzed the determinants of the explosion in the caseload of the United States federal district courts that commenced in 1960. First, the study sought to provide forecasts of future demands on the federal courts while reducing forecasting errors by taking account of the time series prope...

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1. VerfasserIn: Shughart, William F. II (VerfasserIn)
Beteiligte: Karahan, Gökhan R. (MitwirkendeR)
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Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: [Erscheinungsort nicht ermittelbar] [Verlag nicht ermittelbar] 2004
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