This guide does not include the year-by-year compendium of basic data which may be accessed through the Statistics for Individual Years tab on the main menu.  Nor does it include the discussion of cases available through the main menu’s Bygone Justice tab.

Mechanics of the Court

Voting & Consensus: Concurrences and dissents, Fractured decisions, Originalism, Per curiam decisions, Polarization, Public Records Law, Stare decisis, Vote splits, Votes by individual justices.

Workflow: Days to decision, Length of decisions, Number of decisions, Original Actions, Petitions for review.

Case Types & Subject Matter

Criminal cases, Drug cases, Fifth Amendment, First Amendment, Fourth Amendment, Insurance cases, Juveniles, Medical malpractice cases, OWI cases, Sex cases, Sixth Amendment, Termination of parental rights.

The Legal Ecosystem

Parties & Advocacy: Amicus briefs, Attorneys, Court of Appeals, Law firms, Law schools, Public Defender.

Demographics: Race of defendants, Women (attorneys and justices).

Data Analysis Techniques

Artificial Intelligence, Citation analysis, Text mining.

Comparative Courts

Illinois Supreme Court, Iowa Supreme Court, Michigan Supreme Court, Minnesota Supreme Court, United States Supreme Court.

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