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configs:
- config_name: default
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    path: data/us-*
---
# US-LegalKit

**[Official version](https://huggingface.co/datasets/HFforLegal/case-law) is available through the HFfoLegal org**

They are the same, but this version may be removed in the future to prevent conflict.

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.

A version will be uploaded ASAP with the actual document content as well.

# Project Progress and Data Distribution

## TODO List

- [x] State Supreme Court verdicts
- [x] US Federal Code
- [x] State Code
- [x] US Federal Supreme Court verdicts
- [x] New York Appellate court verdicts
- [x] Add complete documents to US Federal Code
- [x] Add complete documents to State Supreme Court verdicts
- [] Federal District Court Verdicts


## Current Distribution

| State           | Count  |
|-----------------|--------|
| Oklahoma        | 33,709 |
| Pennsylvania    | 24,980 |
| Georgia         | 20,706 |
| Alabama         | 19,081 |
| Montana         | 19,044 |
| Arkansas        | 16,811 |
| Nebraska        | 16,060 |
| Iowa            | 16,044 |
| Florida         | 16,033 |
| West Virginia   | 15,416 |
| Louisiana       | 15,263 |
| Delaware        | 14,792 |
| Mississippi     | 14,642 |
| Minnesota       | 14,511 |
| North Dakota    | 13,364 |
| North Carolina  | 12,541 |
| Kansas          | 12,173 |
| Washington      | 12,079 |
| Wisconsin       | 11,996 |
| Wyoming         | 11,878 |
| Illinois        | 11,087 |
| Massachusetts   | 10,996 |
| Colorado        | 10,945 |
| South Carolina  | 10,620 |
| Indiana         | 10,583 |
| Maine           | 9,758  |
| Hawaii          | 9,624  |
| Oregon          | 9,113  |
| Rhode Island    | 9,051  |
| Missouri        | 8,625  |
| New Jersey      | 8,565  |
| Vermont         | 8,445  |
| Connecticut     | 8,096  |
| Michigan        | 8,059  |
| Kentucky        | 8,044  |
| Virginia        | 7,930  |
| South Dakota    | 7,894  |
| Utah            | 7,769  |
| Nevada          | 7,147  |
| Arizona         | 7,032  |
| Texas           | 6,880  |
| New Hampshire   | 6,502  |
| Alaska          | 6,498  |
| New Mexico      | 5,970  |
| Tennessee       | 4,497  |
| California      | 2,223  |

![distribution](distribution.png)

As we can see here some states tend to take cases to the supreme court much more frequently than others.
![time-series](time-series.png)

## References 

+ [Justia US Law](https://law.justia.com)
+ [Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov)

### Citation 

```bibtex
@misc{US-LegalKit,
  author = {Tim Dolan},
  title = {US-LegalKit: Supreme Court Decisions},
  year = {2024},
  howpublished = {\url{https://huggingface.co/datasets/macadeliccc/US-LegalKit}},
}
```