tenth_circuit: For A Trump Nominee, Neil Gorsuch’s Record Is Surprisingly...

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Description

The raw data behind the story "For A Trump Nominee, Neil Gorsuch’s Record Is Surprisingly Moderate On Immigration" https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/for-a-trump-nominee-neil-gorsuchs-record-is-surprisingly-moderate-on-immigration/.

Usage

tenth_circuit

Format

A data frame with 954 rows representing cases and 13 variables:

title

Name of the case

date

Date of decision

federalreporter_cit

Case citation, as listed in the Federal Reporter Series

westlaw_cit

Case citation, Westlaw format

issue

Issue number, in cases divided into multiple issues

weight

Weight per issue (total weight per case equals one)

judge1

Name of first judge

judge2

Name of second judge

judge3

Name of third judge

vote1_liberal

Vote of first judge. 1 = liberal, 0 = conservative.

vote2_liberal

Vote of second judge. 1 = liberal, 0 = conservative.

vote3_liberal

Vote of third judge. 1 = liberal, 0 = conservative.

category

Category of case, immigration or discrimination

Note

In immigration cases, partial relief to immigration petitioner is coded as liberal because the petitioner typically seeks just one core remedy (e.g., withholding of removal, adjustment of status, or asylum); in discrimination cases, partial relief is coded as multiple issues because the plaintiff often seeks separate remedies under multiple claims (e.g., disparate treatment, retaliation, etc.) and different sources of law.

Source

See https://github.com/fivethirtyeight/data/tree/master/tenth-circuit

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