us: citation to u.s. reports
sct: citation to the supreme court reporter
led: citation to the lawyers' edition of the us reports
docket number
analu: unit of analysis
rec: number of records in the case
jur: manner in which the court takes jurisdiction
administrative action preceded litigation
j3: 3-judge district court
origin: ct in which case originated
source: ct whose decision the sct reviewed
diss: lower court disagreement
cert: reason for granting cert
party_1: petitioning party
party_2: respondent or defendant
lodis: disposition of case whose decision the sct reviewed
lctdir: direction of decision of court the sct reviewed
oral: date of oral argument
reoral: reargument date
decision date
term of the court
chief justice
natural court
law: legal provisions considered by the sct
laws: case with multiple legal provisions
auth_dec: bases on which sct rested its decision
authdec1: basis on which sct's decision rested (if only one)
authdec2: basis on which sct's decision rested (if more than one)
issue: subject matter of case
value: issue area
direction of decision
direction based on dissent
dec_type: type of decision
mult_mem: number of memo cases with same issue, vote, and date
disposition of case
disq: unusual disposition
winning party
alt_prec: formal alteration of precedent
uncon: declaration of unconstitutionality
vote in the case
vote not clearly specified
harlan's vote
black's vote
douglas' vote
stewart's vote
marshall's vote
brennan's vote
white's vote
warren's vote
clark's vote
frankfurter's vote
whittaker's vote
burton's vote
reed's vote
fortas' vote
goldberg's vote
minton's vote
jackson's vote
burger's vote
blackmun's vote
powell's vote
rehnquist's vote
stevens' vote
o'connor's vote
scalia's vote
kennedy's vote
souter's vote
thomas' vote
ginsburg's vote
breyer's vote
roberts' vote
alito's vote
harlan's opinion
black's opinion
douglas' opinion
stewart's opinion
marshall's opinion
brennan's opinion
white's opinion
warren's opinion
clark's opinion
frankfurter's opinion
whittaker's opinion
burton's opinion
reed's opinion
fortas' opinion
goldberg's opinion
minton's opinion
jackson's opinion
burger's opinion
blackmun's opinion
powell's opinion
rehnquist's opinion
stevens' opinion
o'connor's opinion
scalia's opinion
kennedy's opinion
souter's opinion
thomas' opinion
ginsburg's opinion
breyer's opinion
roberts' opinion
alito's opinion
hardir: direction of harlan's vote
blcdir: direction of black's vote
dougdir: direction of douglas' vote
stwtdir: direction of stewart's vote
mardir: direction of marshall's vote
brndir: direction of brennan's vote
bwdir: direction of white's vote
wardir: direction of warren's vote
clkdir: direction of clark's vote
frkdir: direction of frankfurter's vote
whitdir: direction of whittaker's vote
burtdir: direction of burton's vote
reeddir: direction of reed's vote
fortdir: direction of fortas' vote
golddir: direction of goldberg's vote
mintdir: direction of minton's vote
jackdir: direction of jackson's vote
burgdir: direction of burger's vote
blkmdir: direction of blackmun's vote
powdir: direction of powell's vote
rehndir: direction of rehnquist's vote
stevdir: direction of stevens' vote
ocondir: direction of o'connor's vote
scaldir: direction of scalia's vote
kendir: directiuon of kennedy's vote
soutdir: direction of souter's vote
thomdir: direction of thomas' vote
gindir: direction of ginsberg's vote
brydir: direction of breyer's vote
robtdir: direction of  roberts' vote
altodir: direction of alito's vote
harlan in majority or minority
black in majority or minority
douglas in majority or minority
stewart in majority or minority
marshall in majority or minority
brennan in majority or minority
white in majority or minority
warren in majority or minority
clark in majority or minority
frankfurter in majority or minority
whittaker in majority or minority
burton in majority or minority
reed in majority or minority
fortas in majority or minority
goldberg in majority or minority
minton in majority or minority
jackson in majority or minority
burger in majority or minority
blackmun in majority or minority
powell in majority or minority
rehnquist in majority or minority
stevens in majority or minority
o'connor in majority or minority
scalia in majority or minority
kennedy in majority or minority
souter in majority or minority
thomas in majority or minority
ginsberg in majority or minority
breyer in majority or minority
roberts in majority or minority
alito in majority or minority
majority opinion assigner (inferred from final vote coalition)
majority opinion writer
minimum winning coalition
Alito MQ Score
Alito MQ Score if in VOTE majority
Alito MQ if in OP majority
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Mean MQ of Majority Vote
Std Dev of Maj Vote
N in Maj Vote
Mean MQ of Opinion Coalition
Std Dev of Opinion Coalition
N Justices in Op Coalition