Civil rights
Federal Civil Justice System
Date Published
July 1987
Series
Bureau of Justice Statistics Statistical Programs: Fiscal Year 1993
Date Published
November 1992
Justice System Improvement Act Agencies - Annual Report, Third, Fiscal Year 1982
Date Published
January 1983
Civil Rights Complaints in U.S. District Courts, 1990-98
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MORE THAN 42,000 CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINTS
FILED IN FEDERAL DISTRICT COURTS DURING 1998
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- More than 42,000 complaints
alleging civil rights violations, such as discrimination in
employment, housing, welfare benefits and voting rights were
filed during 1998 in U.S. district courts, the Justice
Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced...
Civil Rights Complaints in U.S. District Courts, 1990-98
Date Published
January 2000
Civil Rights Complaints in U.S. District Courts, 2000
Date Published
July 2002
Civil Rights Complaints in U.S. District Courts, 1990-2006
Date Published
August 2008
Challenging the Conditions of Prisons and Jails: A Report on Section 1983 Litigation
Date Published
December 1994
Civil Rights Complaints in U.S. District Courts, 1990 - 2006
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CIVIL RIGHTS CASES FILED IN U.S. DISTRICT COURTS DECLINED BY NEARLY 20 PERCENT FROM 2003 TO 2006
WASHINGTON - The number of civil rights cases filed in U.S. district courts declined from 40,516 to 32,865 (nearly 20 percent) between 2003 and 2006...