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Civil Justice Reforms: Why Eliminating Civil Jury Trials Should Not Be An Option Rebecca Love Kourlis, Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System . Percentage of Civil Terminations During/After Trial, U.S. District Courts 1962-2002.
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Civil Justice Reforms:Why Eliminating Civil Jury Trials Should Not Be An OptionRebecca Love Kourlis,Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System
Percentage of Civil Terminations During/After Trial, U.S. District Courts 1962-2002
Number of Civil Trials by Bench or Jury, U.S. District Courts 1962-2002
Number of Civil Filings by Jurisdictional Basis, U.S. District Courts 1962-2002
Source: Ostrom et al., Examining Trial Trends in State Courts: 1976-2002, 1 J. Empirical Legal Stud. 755, 769 (2004).
Source: Ostrom et al., Examining Trial Trends in State Courts: 1976-2002, 1 J. Empirical Legal Stud. 755, 768 (2004).
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