Using Court Records for Research - technical Appendix

Margo Schlanger & Denise Lieberman,
Using Court Records for Research, Teaching, and Policymaking: The Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse, 75 U.M.K.C. L. Rev. 153  (forthcoming 2006) (Symposium: NARA Federal Civil Court Records: New Territory for Empirical, Historical, and Legal Research)

Cited Documents:

Record disposition schedules:

• Pre-1995:  Schedule for the Disposition of the Records of United States District Courts, Territorial District Courts, Court of Claims, Court of International Trade, United States Claims Court, and the Special Court, Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973, at 22, Information Resources Management Manual Chapter 17, XIII Guide to Judiciary Policies and Procedures  (Transmittal 3, Nov. 6, 1995).
• Current, as of 2006:  Administrative Office of the United States Courts, Vol. I, The Guide to Judiciary Policies and Procedures , Records Disposition Schedule 2, Chapter 12, Part A, Section 15 (last modified Nov. 18, 2002). 

Tech. Training & Support Div., Admin. Off. of the U.S. Cts., Civil Statistical Reporting Guide (July 1999)

Civil_Statistical_Reporting_Guide.pdf

District Court Opinion and Termination Study:

• Terminations data: 
  stata format 
  excel format
• Opinions data: 
  stata format 
  excel format
• Study and results: 
  stata do-file (collapses and merges above files and produces histogram and other reported results)
• Table underlying study results: 
  stata format  
  excel format