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1. CHANGES IN THE CIRCUITS: Exploring the Courts of Appeals Databases and the Federal Appellate Courts.

Author

Hurwitz, Mark S. and Kuersten, Ashlyn

Subjects
*DATABASE design, *UNITED States appellate courts, *LEGAL judgments, *COURT calendars, *ACTIONS & defenses (Law)
Abstract

The article presents an examination of the U.S. Court of Appeals' databases and the federal appellate court dockets as of July 2012, focusing on the discovery of trends in the appellate court system regarding judicial behavior and litigation participation. Professor Donald R. Songer's development of the Songer Database which contains numerous published decisions of the U.S. Court of Appeals, along with professor Harold Spaeth's contributions to a similar database of U.S. Supreme Court decisions,are also addressed.

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2012

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