Circuit Number
1 = 1ST CIRCUIT
2 = 2ND CIRCUIT
3 = 3RD CIRCUIT
4 = 4TH CIRCUIT
5 = 5TH CIRCUIT
6 = 6TH CIRCUIT
7 = 7TH CIRCUIT
8 = 8TH CIRCUIT
9 = 9TH CIRCUIT
10 = 10TH CIRCUIT
11 = 11TH CIRCUIT
88 = WASHINGTON D.C.

1 = January
2 = February
3 = March
4 = April
5 = May
6 = June
7 = July
8 = August
9 = September
10 = October
11 = November
12 = December

Liberal/Conservative
0 = Conservative
1 = Liberal

Nature of Case
1 = habeas corpus-US
2 = habeas corpus-state
3 = criminal court motions
4 = contempt of court
5 = (non)conv-criminal case
6 = alien petitions
7 = Native American rights
8 = voting rights
9 = Social Security case
10 = racial discrimination
11 = 14th amendment
12 = military exclusion
13 = free of expression
14 = free of religion
15 = union v. company
16 = member v union
17 = employee v. employer
18 = commercial regulation
19 = environmental protection
20 = local/state economic
21 = labor dispute-govt v union/employer
22 = rent control, excess profits
23 = womens rights
24 = NLRB v employer
25 = NLRB v union
26 = handicapped rights
27 = reverse discrim-race
28 = reverse discrim-sex
29 = right to privacy
30 = age discrimination
31 = Sentencing guidelines deviation

Casetype category
1 = Criminal Justice Cases
2 = Civil Liberties/Rights Cases
3 = Labor & Economic Cases

Appointing President
25 = MCKINLEY
26 = T. ROOSEVELT
27 = TAFT
28 = WILSON
29 = HARDING
30 = COOLIDGE
31 = HOOVER
32 = F. ROOSEVELT
33 = TRUMAN
34 = EISENHOWER
35 = KENNEDY
36 = JOHNSON
37 = NIXON
38 = FORD
39 = CARTER
40 = REAGAN
41 = BUSH
42 = CLINTON
43 = W. BUSH
44 = OBAMA

Judges Party Affiliation
1 = Democrat
2 = Republican
3 = Independent/Other/Unknown

Judge's Gender
0 = female
1 = male

1 = white/caucasian
2 = African-American/black
3 = Latino/Hispanic
4 = Asian-American
5 = Native American
6 = other