US citation
term of the Court
docket number
analu: unit of analysis
sct: citation to the Supreme Court Reporter
led: citation to the Lawyers' Edition of the US Reports
jur: manner in which the Court takes jurisdiction
administrative action preceded litigation
origin: ct in which case originated
source: ct whose decision the SCt reviewed
cert: reason for granting cert
party 1 (our coding for tax)
party 2 (our coding for tax)
party_1: petitioning party
party_2: respondent or defendant
us wins as party
disposition of case
Simplied version of DIS
oral: date of oral argument
reoral: reargument date
Final oral argument (if no reoral, then date=dec; if reoral, then date=reoral)
decision date
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
disq: unusual disposition
winning party
alt_prec: formal alteration of precedent
uncon: declaration of unconstitutionality
vote in the case
vote not clearly specified
direction of Harlan's vote
direction of Roberts' vote
direction of Stone's vote
direction of Byrnes' vote
direction of Rutledge's vote
direction of Murphy's vote
direction of Vinson's vote
direction of Black's vote
direction of Douglas' vote
direction of Stewart's vote
direction of Marshall's vote
direction of Brennan's vote
direction of White's vote
direction of Warren's vote
direction of Clark's vote
direction of Frankfurter's vote
direction of Whittaker's vote
direction of Burton's vote
direction of Reed's vote
direction of Fortas' vote
direction of Goldberg's vote
direction of Minton's vote
direction of Jackson's vote
direction of Burger's vote
direction of Blackmun's vote
direction of Powell's vote
direction of Rehnquist's vote
direction of Stevens' vote
direction of O'Connor's vote
direction of Scalia's vote
directiuon of Kennedy's vote
direction of Souter's vote
direction of Thomas' vote
direction of Ginsberg's vote
direction of Breyer'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
Rutledge in majority or minority
Murphy in majority or minority
Vinson in majority or minority
sg wins as amicus
US petitioner
SG petitioner
Did case appear on front page of NYT?
Party1 (recoded)
Party2 (recoded)
Was US a party?
side sg took in amicus brief
ideological position taken by SG in amicus brief
diss: lower court disagreement
lodis: disposition of case whose decision the SCt reviewed
lctdir: direction of decision of court the SCt reviewed
Mean of Segal/Cover Scores
Median of Segal/Cover Scores
Standard deviation of Segal/Cover Scores
term >= 1946 (FILTER)
budget deficit/surplus in billions from Ragsdale