Civil Cases Filed at Federal District of New Hampshire
Merged Data from FJC and FreeLaw
Daniel Lee
3/3/2018
Source of data
- The primary source of data is the Federal Judicial Center.
- The data includes New Hampshire federal district civil cases (nhd), excluding bankruptcy cases (nhb) and state sumpreme court cases (nh).
- It includes all nature of suit.
- The data goes as far back as January 2000 and includes 4,296 cases.
- The information on Causes of Action and complaint pages is added from the Free Law Project
Import
Clean up
Create business type variable
NA should represent the public, but currently includes some business entities such as sole proprietorships, hospitals, banks, and such. It requires further refining in the code.
Merge data
Check business type
Count of cases
By nature of suit
data_merged_new <- data_merged %>%
unite(natureOfsuit, NOS, nature_of_suit, sep = ' ')
data_merged_new$natureOfsuit <- as.factor(data_merged_new$natureOfsuit)
levels(data_merged_new$natureOfsuit)
## [1] "110 INSURANCE"
## [2] "120 MARINE CONTRACT ACTIONS"
## [3] "130 MILLER ACT"
## [4] "140 NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS"
## [5] "150 OVERPAYMENTS & ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTS"
## [6] "152 RECOVERY OF DEFAULTED STUDENT LOANS"
## [7] "160 STOCKHOLDER'S SUITS"
## [8] "190 OTHER CONTRACT ACTIONS"
## [9] "195 CONTRACT PRODUCT LIABILITY"
## [10] "210 LAND CONDEMNATION"
## [11] "220 FORECLOSURE"
## [12] "230 RENT, LEASE, EJECTMENT"
## [13] "240 TORTS TO LAND"
## [14] "245 TORT PRODUCT LIABILITY"
## [15] "290 OTHER REAL PROPERTY ACTIONS"
## [16] "310 AIRPLANE PERSONAL INJURY"
## [17] "315 AIRPLANE PRODUCT LIABILITY"
## [18] "320 ASSAULT, LIBEL, AND SLANDER"
## [19] "340 MARINE PERSONAL INJURY"
## [20] "345 MARINE - PRODUCT LIABILITY"
## [21] "350 MOTOR VEHICLE PERSONAL INJURY"
## [22] "355 MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCT LIABILITY"
## [23] "360 OTHER PERSONAL INJURY"
## [24] "362 MEDICAL MALPRACTICE"
## [25] "365 PERSONAL INJURY -PRODUCT LIABILITY"
## [26] "368 ASBESTOS PERSONAL INJURY - PROD.LIAB."
## [27] "370 OTHER FRAUD"
## [28] "371 TRUTH IN LENDING"
## [29] "380 OTHER PERSONAL PROPERTY DAMAGE"
## [30] "385 PROPERTY DAMAGE -PRODUCT LIABILTY"
## [31] "410 ANTITRUST"
## [32] "422 BANKRUPTCY APPEALS RULE 28 USC 158"
## [33] "423 BANKRUPTCY WITHDRAWAL 28 USC 157"
## [34] "430 BANKS AND BANKING"
## [35] "440 OTHER CIVIL RIGHTS"
## [36] "441 CIVIL RIGHTS VOTING"
## [37] "442 CIVIL RIGHTS JOBS"
## [38] "443 CIVIL RIGHTS ACCOMMODATIONS"
## [39] "445 CIVIL RIGHTS ADA EMPLOYMENT"
## [40] "446 CIVIL RIGHTS ADA OTHER"
## [41] "450 INTERSTATE COMMERCE"
## [42] "462 NATURALIZATION, PETITION FOR HEARING OF DENIAL"
## [43] "463 HABEAS CORPUS – ALIEN DETAINEE"
## [44] "470 CIVIL (RICO)"
## [45] "480 CONSUMER CREDIT"
## [46] "490 CABLE/SATELLITE TV"
## [47] "510 PRISONER PETITIONS -VACATE SENTENCE"
## [48] "530 PRISONER PETITIONS -HABEAS CORPUS"
## [49] "540 PRISONER PETITIONS -MANDAMUS AND OTHER"
## [50] "550 PRISONER -CIVIL RIGHTS"
## [51] "555 PRISONER - PRISON CONDITION"
## [52] "610 AGRICULTURAL ACTS"
## [53] "620 FOOD AND DRUG ACTS"
## [54] "625 DRUG RELATED SEIZURE OF PROPERTY"
## [55] "660 OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY/HEALTH"
## [56] "690 OTHER FORFEITURE AND PENALTY SUITS"
## [57] "710 FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT"
## [58] "720 LABOR/MANAGEMENT RELATIONS ACT"
## [59] "730 LABOR/MANAGEMENT REPORT & DISCLOSURE"
## [60] "740 RAILWAY LABOR ACT"
## [61] "790 OTHER LABOR LITIGATION"
## [62] "791 EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT"
## [63] "810 SELECTIVE SERVICE"
## [64] "820 COPYRIGHT"
## [65] "830 PATENT"
## [66] "840 TRADEMARK"
## [67] "850 SECURITIES, COMMODITIES, EXCHANGE"
## [68] "863 D.I.W.C./D.I.W.W."
## [69] "864 S.S.I.D."
## [70] "865 R.S.I."
## [71] "870 TAX SUITS"
## [72] "875 CUSTOMER CHALLENGE 12 USC 3410"
## [73] "890 OTHER STATUTORY ACTIONS"
## [74] "891 AGRICULTURAL ACTS"
## [75] "893 ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS"
## [76] "895 FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT OF 1974"
## [77] "950 CONSTITUTIONALITY OF STATE STATUTES"
levels(data_merged$cause)
## [1] ""
## [2] "35:145 Patent Infringement"
## [3] "28:1332 Diversity-Insurance Contract"
## [4] "28:1441 Petition for Removal - Employment Discrim"
## [5] "42:2000 Job Discrimination (ADA 1990)"
## [6] "28:1332 Diversity-Other Contract"
## [7] "17:501 Copyright Infringement"
## [8] "28:1331 Federal Question: Other Civil Rights"
## [9] "42:1983 Civil Rights (Employment Discrimination)"
## [10] "42:1983 Civil Rights Act"
## [11] "28:1338 Trademark Infringement"
## [12] "28:0158 Notice of Appeal re Bankruptcy Matter (BA"
## [13] "21:881 Forfeiture Property-Drugs"
## [14] "15:0045 Federal Trade Commission Act"
## [15] "15:1051 Trademark Infringement"
## [16] "28:2241 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (federal)"
## [17] "28:1332 Diversity-Personal Injury"
## [18] "28:1441 Petition for Removal- Personal Injury"
## [19] "09:1 U.S. Arbitration Act"
## [20] "31:3729 False Claims Act"
## [21] "15:1692 Fair Debt Collection Act"
## [22] "28:1332 Diversity-Breach of Contract"
## [23] "28:1332 Diversity-Medical Malpractice"
## [24] "15:1125 Trademark Infringement (Lanham Act)"
## [25] "28:1331 Fed. Question: Personal Injury"
## [26] "28:1331 Fed. Question: Employment Discrimination"
## [27] "28:0157 Motion for Withdrawal of Reference"
## [28] "18:1961 Racketeering (RICO) Act"
## [29] "15:78m(a) Securities Exchange Act"
## [30] "28:451 Employment Discrimination"
## [31] "42:405 Review of HHS Decision (DIWC)"
## [32] "42:12101 Americans With Disabilities Act"
## [33] "28:1441 Petition for Removal"
## [34] "29:626 Job Discrimination (Age)"
## [35] "28:1332 Diversity - Legal Malpractice"
## [36] "No cause code entered"
## [37] "28:1332 Diversity-Tort/Motor Vehicle (P.I.)"
## [38] "28:1332 Diversity-Breach of Fiduciary Duty"
## [39] "28:1332 Diversity-Contract Dispute"
## [40] "26:7403 Suit to Enforce Federal Tax Lien"
## [41] "28:1332 Diversity-Contract Default"
## [42] "28:1343 Violation of Civil Rights"
## [43] "28:1332 Diversity-Product Liability"
## [44] "15:1681 Fair Credit Reporting Act"
## [45] "28:1441 Petition for Removal- Labor/Mgmnt. Relatio"
## [46] "28:1441 Petition For Removal--Other Contract"
## [47] "28:1332 Diversity-Fraud"
## [48] "28:1444 Petition for Removal- Foreclosure"
## [49] "28:1338 Patent Infringement"
## [50] "28:1441 Petition for Removal- Petition to Quiet Title"
## [51] "28:1441 Petition for Removal- Breach of Contract"
## [52] "35:271 Patent Infringement"
## [53] "42:2000 Job Discrimination (Sex)"
## [54] "28:1983 Civil Rights"
## [55] "28:2201 Declaratory Judgment"
## [56] "28:1332 Diversity-Property Damage"
## [57] "28:1441 Petition for Removal- Property Damage"
## [58] "28:1441 Notice of Removal"
## [59] "28:1441 Petition for Removal- Insurance Contract"
## [60] "05:702 Administrative Procedure Act"
## [61] "28:1331 Fed. Question: Fair Labor Standards"
## [62] "28:1391 Personal Injury"
## [63] "28:1331 Fed. Question"
## [64] "28:1332 Diversity-(Citizenship)"
## [65] "28:1441 Petition for Removal- Civil Rights Act"
## [66] "17:101 Copyright Infringement"
## [67] "28:1441 Petition for Removal- Torts to Land"
## [68] "28:1441 Petition for Removal- Product Liability"
## [69] "29:623 Job Discrimination (Age)"
## [70] "28:1345 Default of Student Loan"
## [71] "29:0794 Job Discrimination (Handicap)"
## [72] "28:1651 Petition for Writ of Mandamus"
## [73] "28:2201 Constitutionality of State Statute(s)"
## [74] "21:841 Forfeiture Property-Drugs"
## [75] "45:151 Railway Labor Act"
## [76] "28:1331 Fed. Question: Breach of Contract"
## [77] "28:1332 Diversity-Airline Crash"
## [78] "07:608(a) Agriculture Marketing Agreement Act"
## [79] "7:6(b) Federal Commodity Exchange Regulation"
## [80] "07:499 Agricultural Commodities Act"
## [81] "28:2201 Declaratory Judgment (Insurance)"
## [82] "28:1338 Copyright Infringement"
## [83] "28:1331 Fed. Question: Trademark"
## [84] "29:160(1) National Labor Relations Act"
## [85] "42:1981 Job Discrimination (Race)"
## [86] "28:1332 Diversity-Declaratory Judgment"
## [87] "42:1981 Civil Rights"
## [88] "28:1441 - Petition for Removal: SEC Act"
## [89] "28:1346 Tort Claim"
## [90] "29:1451 E.R.I.S.A."
## [91] "21:881 Forfeiture Property - Real Estate"
## [92] "29:1002 E.R.I.S.A.: Employee Retirement"
## [93] "28:1441 Petition for Removal- Tort/Motor Vehicle"
## [94] "28:1331 Fed. Question: Securities Violation"
## [95] "42:2000 Job Discrimination (Age)"
## [96] "28:2674 Federal Tort Claims Act"
## [97] "09:0010 Petition to Vacate Arbitration Award"
## [98] "Motion to Compel"
## [99] "42:1383 Review of HHS Decision"
## [100] "42:405 Review of HHS Decision (DIWW)"
## [101] "28:1361 Petition for Writ of Mandamus"
## [102] "42:2000 Job Discrimination (Race)"
## [103] "28:1441 Petition for Removal- Injunctive/Declarato"
## [104] "47:553 Unauthorized Reception of Cable Service"
## [105] "42:2601 Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993"
## [106] "28:1332 Diversity-Employment Discrimination"
## [107] "28:1331(a) Fed. Question: Real Property"
## [108] "29:651 Occupational Safety/Health"
## [109] "28:1441 Petition for Removal Libel,Assault,Slander"
## [110] "28:1332 Diversity-Injunctive & Declaratory Relief"
## [111] "28:1345 Recovery of Debt to US"
## [112] "28:1651 Petition for Writ of Coram Nobis"
## [113] "42:4321 Review of Agency Action-Environment"
## [114] "42:2000e Job Discrimination (Employment)"
## [115] "29:151 Labor: Review of Agency Action"
## [116] "28:1331 Fed. Question: Medical Malpractice"
## [117] "Contempt Proceedings"
## [118] "28:1332 Diversity-Torts to Land"
## [119] "28:1441 Petition for Removal- Negotiable Instrumen"
## [120] "28:1001 E.R.I.S.A."
## [121] "28:2671 Federal Tort Claims Act"
## [122] "28:1441 Petition for Removal- Contract Dispute"
## [123] "15:1121 Trademark Infringement"
## [124] "29:206 Collect Unpaid Wages"
## [125] "28:1332 Diversity-Negotiable Instrument"
## [126] "28:1441 Petition for Removal- Medical Malpractice"
## [127] "28:1442 Petition for Removal"
## [128] "28:2675 Federal Tort Claims Act"
## [129] "16:0823 Federal Power Act"
## [130] "28:1332 Diversity-Notice of Removal"
## [131] "28:1331 Fed Question: Fed Communications Act of 1"
## [132] "15:1601 Truth in Lending"
## [133] "28:1446 Petition for Removal- Personal Injury"
## [134] "28:1443(1) Rent, Lease & Ejectment"
## [135] "28:1442 Petition for Removal- Breach of Contract"
## [136] "28:1335 Interpleader Action"
## [137] "29:201 Fair Labor Standards Act"
## [138] "Motion to Quash"
## [139] "20:1071 Higher Education Act 1965"
## [140] "28:1337 Sherman-Clayton Act"
## [141] "15:1640 Truth in Lending"
## [142] "28:1332 Diversity-Interpleader Action"
## [143] "28:1332 Diversity-Libel,Assault,Slander"
## [144] "28:1332 Diversity-Account Receivable"
## [145] "28:1332 Diversity-Auto Negligence"
## [146] "28:1446 Notice of Removal"
## [147] "28:1331 Fed. Question: Interstate Commerce Act"
## [148] "28:1442 Notice of Removal"
## [149] "29:201 Denial of Overtime Compensation"
## [150] "28:1331 Fed. Question: Review Agency Decision"
## [151] "8:1105(a) Aliens: Habeas Corpus to Release INS Det"
## [152] "28:1346 Breach of Contract"
## [153] "42:416 Denial of Social Security Benefits"
## [154] "23:1441 Contract Real Estate"
## [155] "12:635 Breach of Insurance Contract"
## [156] "28:1441 Petition for Removal- Declaratory Judgment"
## [157] "05:551 Administrative Procedure Act"
## [158] "28:1332 Diversity-Tort/Non-Motor Vehicle"
## [159] "28:1441 Petition for Removal- Asbestos Litigation"
## [160] "29:1109 Breach of Fiduciary Duties"
## [161] "31:3545 Action to Recovery Money"
## [162] "35:183 Patent Infringement"
library(ggplot2)
data_merged %>%
count(nature_of_suit) %>%
top_n(10, n) %>%
ggplot(aes(x = reorder(nature_of_suit, desc(n)), y = n, fill = "Orange")) +
geom_col(show.legend = FALSE)+
theme(axis.text.x = element_text(angle = 45)) +
labs(title = "Top 10 Nature of Suits",
x = NULL,
y = "count")
By causes of action
