On this page, you’ll find links to earlier phases of circuit courts data that are available for downloading.

Phases I and II of Circuit Courts Dataset (1925-2002)

Phases I and II have been combined into a single dataset to help researchers to analyze cases decided over this entire time period.

• Download Circuit Courts Dataset 1925-2002 (csv format, large file: 10.2 MB)
• Download Circuit Courts Dataset 1925-2002 (dta format for Stata, large file: 16.6 MB)

Phase III of Circuit Courts Dataset (2003-2010)

Restricted access.  These datasets are not yet available to the public.  Please contact us if you would like permission to access these datasets.

• Download Circuit Courts Dataset 2003-2010 (.csv format) (.dta format) (.xlsx format)