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== Federal Cases ==
 
== Federal Cases ==
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You may recall that there are two general types of cases in federal court:  "diversity" cases (between citizens of different states, with the amount in dispute more than $75,000) and cases that arise under federal law (e.g., criminal and civil rights cases).  Here is 2011 data about specific types of cases filed in federal court (U.S. District Court):<ref>http://www.uscourts.gov/uscourts/Statistics/JudicialBusiness/2011/JudicialBusiness2011.pdf</ref>
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You may recall that there are two general types of cases in federal court:  "diversity" cases (between citizens of different states, with the amount in dispute more than $75,000) and cases that arise under federal law (e.g., criminal and civil rights cases).  Here is 2011 data about the types of cases filed in federal court (U.S. District Court):<ref>http://www.uscourts.gov/uscourts/Statistics/JudicialBusiness/2011/JudicialBusiness2011.pdf</ref>
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{| class="wikitable"
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!Criminal Cases
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!Civil Cases
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!Bankruptcy Cases
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|102,931
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|289,252
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|1,547,669
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|}
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Among the civil cases, here are their categories:
    
{| class="wikitable"
 
{| class="wikitable"
Anthony, Irenaeus, Siteadmin, apieditor, Bureaucrats, Check users, nsAm_Govt_101RO, nsAm_Govt_101RW, nsAm_Govt_101_ta, nsJudgesRO, nsJudgesRW, nsJudges_talkRO, nsJudges_talkRW, nsTeam2RO, nsTeam2RW, nsTeam2_talkRO, nsTeam2_talkRW, oversight, Administrators
126,256

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