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VAR 0031 DISPOSITION MD=99
REF 0031 LOC 120 WIDTH 2
Item 21. The method of disposition
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Statistical Year 1970 to Statistical Year 1971
00. Transferred to another district
01. Default judgment
02. Consent judgment
03. Dismissed for want of prosecution
04. Dismissed by action of parties
05. Remanded to state court
06. Judgment for plaintiff
07. Judgment for defendant
08. Judgment for both or other party
09. Outcome unknown
Statistical Year 1979 to Statistical Year 1986
(excluding 4 pilot districts in 1986)
00. Transferred to another district
01. Remanded
02. Dismissed for want of prosecution
03. Dismissed, discontinued, settled,
withdrawn, etc.
04. Judgment on default
05. Judgment on consent
06. Judgment on motion before trial
07. Judgment on jury verdict
08. Judgment on directed verdict
09. Judgment on court trial
10. Judgment on other
11. Statistical closing (since 1984)
Statistical Year 1986 to Statistical Year 1987
(4 districts in 1986: EDPA,NDTX,MDFL,WDMI)
00. Transferred to another district
01. Remanded to state court
02. Dismissed for want of prosecution
03. Dismissed for lack of jurisdiction
04. Judgment on default
05. Judgment on consent
06. Judgment on motion before trial
07. Judgment on jury verdict
08. Judgment on directed verdict
09. Judgment on court trial
10. Multi-district litigation transfer
11. Remanded to U.S. Agency
12. Dismissed: voluntarily
13. Dismissed: settled
14. Dismissed: other
15. Judgment on award of arbitrator
16. Judgment on trial de novo after arbitration
17. Judgment on other
18. Statistical closing
99. Out of universe
We used codes 2-9 to divide the terminations by disposition method. We, however, combined codes 12-14 with code 3, as "other dismissals." Also, because of the various changes in the coding over the years, we combined all the other miscellaneous codes into "other methods."
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