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# US-LegalKit |
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**[Official version](https://huggingface.co/datasets/HFforLegal/case-law) is available through the HFfoLegal org** |
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They are the same, but this version may be removed in the future to prevent conflict. |
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This dataset consists of all state supreme court verdicts from 1845 - 2024. This does not include New York where the appellate court is the highest division. This is in progress as a separate batch. |
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A version will be uploaded ASAP with the actual document content as well. |
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# Project Progress and Data Distribution |
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## TODO List |
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- [x] State Supreme Court verdicts |
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- [x] US Federal Code |
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- [x] State Code |
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- [x] US Federal Supreme Court verdicts |
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- [x] New York Appellate court verdicts |
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- [x] Add complete documents to US Federal Code |
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- [x] Add complete documents to State Supreme Court verdicts |
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- [] Federal District Court Verdicts |
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## Current Distribution |
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| State | Count | |
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| Oklahoma | 33,709 | |
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| Pennsylvania | 24,980 | |
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| Georgia | 20,706 | |
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| Alabama | 19,081 | |
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| Montana | 19,044 | |
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| Arkansas | 16,811 | |
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| Nebraska | 16,060 | |
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| Iowa | 16,044 | |
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| Florida | 16,033 | |
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| West Virginia | 15,416 | |
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| Louisiana | 15,263 | |
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| Delaware | 14,792 | |
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| Mississippi | 14,642 | |
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| Minnesota | 14,511 | |
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| North Dakota | 13,364 | |
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| North Carolina | 12,541 | |
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| Kansas | 12,173 | |
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| Washington | 12,079 | |
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| Wisconsin | 11,996 | |
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| Wyoming | 11,878 | |
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| Illinois | 11,087 | |
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| Massachusetts | 10,996 | |
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| Colorado | 10,945 | |
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| South Carolina | 10,620 | |
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| Indiana | 10,583 | |
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| Maine | 9,758 | |
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| Hawaii | 9,624 | |
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| Oregon | 9,113 | |
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| Rhode Island | 9,051 | |
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| Missouri | 8,625 | |
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| New Jersey | 8,565 | |
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| Vermont | 8,445 | |
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| Connecticut | 8,096 | |
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| Michigan | 8,059 | |
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| Kentucky | 8,044 | |
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| Virginia | 7,930 | |
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| South Dakota | 7,894 | |
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| Utah | 7,769 | |
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| Nevada | 7,147 | |
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| Arizona | 7,032 | |
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| Texas | 6,880 | |
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| New Hampshire | 6,502 | |
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| Alaska | 6,498 | |
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| New Mexico | 5,970 | |
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| Tennessee | 4,497 | |
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| California | 2,223 | |
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As we can see here some states tend to take cases to the supreme court much more frequently than others. |
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## References |
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+ [Justia US Law](https://law.justia.com) |
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+ [Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov) |
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### Citation |
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```bibtex |
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@misc{US-LegalKit, |
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author = {Tim Dolan}, |
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title = {US-LegalKit: Supreme Court Decisions}, |
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year = {2024}, |
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howpublished = {\url{https://huggingface.co/datasets/macadeliccc/US-LegalKit}}, |
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} |
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``` |
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