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Federal Tort Trials and Verdicts, 1996-97

NCJ Number
172855
Author(s)
Marika F.X. Litras, Ph.D., Bureau of Justice Statistics; Carol J. Defrances, Ph.D., Bureau of Justice Statistics
Date Published
February 1999
Publication Series
Federal Tort Trials and Verdicts
Annotation

Presents findings about Federal tort trials in the U.S. district courts for 1996-97.

Abstract

Presents findings about Federal tort trials in the U.S. district courts from the 1996-97 Administrative Office of the United States Courts civil data file. Information is presented on the characteristics of federal tort cases, amounts of monetary damages awarded, and case processing time.

Date Published: February 1, 1999