judge's name (full)
number assigned to judge
1=conservative & 0=liberal appellate judge vote
reverse liberal district court
reverse conservative district court
other judges on panel are RR
other judges on panel are an R and a D
other judges on panel are DD
party nominating president
Fraction Republican among Active Judges
Yung's Index
Posner 1=strong con., 2=mod. con., 3=mod. lib., 4=strong lib.
Posner strong conservative
Posner moderate conservative
Posner moderate liberal
Posner strong liberal
judicial common space score
1=conservative & 0=liberal lower ct. decision
1 if black, hispanic or asian and 0 otherwise
judge's sex
elevated from District Court
ct. reverses lower court
ct reverses liberal lower court decision
ct. reverses conservative lower court decision
1=dissent & 0 otherwise
judge's number
case cite
year of decision
direction of lower court's decision
direction of appellate ct's decision
direction of appellate judge's vote
was judge appellate judge?
year of birth
state where born
judge's race
law school
any judicial experience
any experience as govt attorney
president (nominating)
president's ideology
year confirmed by Senate
year judge took sr status
year terminated
specifics of crime
criminal case or not
age of judge at time of decision
senior judge at time of decision
judge over 65 at time of decision
case name
circuit ideology
new judicial common space
party president Judge 1
jcs judge 1
new jcs judge 1
party president Judge 2
jcs judge 2
new jcs judge 2
party president Judge 3
new jcs judge 3
3 jcs_NEW
average New JCS for entire panel
average New JCS for panel excluding Judge
3 Rs on Panel
3 Ds on Panel
R with 2 Ds on Panel
D with 2 Rs on Panel
R with mixed Panel
D with mixed Panel
Mixed Panel with 2Rs & 1D or 2Ds & 1R
R with 2 other Ds on Panel
D with other Rs on Panel
Minority Member of a Mixed Panel
Either RRR or DDD panels
Majority member of a Mixed Panel
1 if black and 0 otherwise
destring name from 1 to 317
republican appointees in circuit each year
democratic appointees in circuit
job immediately prior to judicial position
No. Active Judges in Circuit
reverse liberal district court decision
reverse conservative district court decision
ratio of reversal of liberal to conservative dist. ct. decisions
Pr(conserve_vote)
circuit==2
circuit==3
circuit==4
circuit==5
circuit==6
circuit==7
circuit==8
circuit==9
circuit==10
circuit==11
circuit==12
dataset==2
dataset==3
dataset==4
dataset==5
dataset==6
dataset==7
dataset==10
dataset==11
dataset==12
dataset==13
dataset==14
dataset==15
dataset==16
dec_year==1996
dec_year==1997
dec_year==1998
dec_year==1999
dec_year==2000
dec_year==2001
dec_year==2002
dec_year==2003
dec_year==2004
dec_year==2005
dec_year==2006
dec_year==2007
dec_year==2008