scc_1936_1941: The US Supreme Court Citation Network from 1936 - 1941

In schmid86/cERGM: A package to fit citation Exponential Random Graph Models

Description

The US Supreme Court Citation Network from 1936 - 1941. The data originates from the Supreme Court Database and Lissner and Carver (2010)

Usage

data("scc_1936_1941")

Format

A network object on 788 nodes. Each node represents a US Supreme Court majority opinion written between 1936 - 1941. An edge from node i to j means that the majority opinion i cites majority opinion j. In addition the network includes the following nodal attributes:

CaseID

The case ID according to the Supreme Court Database (http://scdb.wustl.edu/data.php)

Term

The term (1936-1941) the majority opinion was written.

NumberJusticesPro

The number of justices in the majority.

Source

The data was obtained from the Supreme Court Database (http://scdb.wustl.edu/data.php) and Courtlistener.com

References

Lissner M, Carver B (2010). Courtlistener.com A platform for researching and staying abreast of the latest law, http://www.courtlistener.com

Schmid C, Chen T, Desmarais B (2020). Generative Dynamics of Supreme Court Citations: Analysis with a New Statistical Network Model.

Spaeth H, Epstein L, Ruger T, Whittington K, Segal J, Martin A (2014). Supreme Court Database Code Book, http://scdb.wustl.edu

Examples

data(scc_1936_1941)
plot(scc_1936_1941)

schmid86/cERGM documentation built on Sept. 10, 2021, 6:20 p.m.