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1.1Number of federal statutory plaintiff's fee-shifting and damages enhancement provisions enacted, 1933–2014
1.2Cumulative federal statutory plaintiff's fee-shifting and damages enhancement provisions, and federal private statutory litigation rate, 1933–2014
2.1Annual number of private enforcement retrenchment items: damages, attorney's fees, class actions, sanctions, offers of judgment, 1973–2014
2.2Republican and Democratic support for private enforcement retrenchment, 1973–2014
3.1Proportion of judges, practitioners, and academics on Advisory Committee, 1960–2014
3.4Population adjusted ratio of Republican to Democratic appointees serving on the Advisory Committee, 1971–2014
3.5Number and direction of Advisory Committee proposals affecting private enforcement, 1960–2014
3.6Probability of pro-plaintiff Advisory Committee proposal, 1960–2014
A.3.1Probability of pro-plaintiff Advisory Committee proposal, item level and rule level, 1960–2014
4.1Number of private enforcement issues per term, and probability of dissent, 1960–2014
4.2Probability of pro-private enforcement outcomes and justice votes in private enforcement issues, 1960–2014
4.3Probability of pro-private enforcement outcomes and justice votes in private enforcement issues with dissents, 1960–2014
4.4Probability of pro-private enforcement outcomes and justice votes in issues with dissents, separately for government and business defendants, 1960–2014
4.5Balance between government and business defendants in Court's private enforcement issues, 1960–2014
4.6Probability of pro-private enforcement outcomes and justice votes in all federal statutory and constitutional rights issues with dissents, 1960–2014
4.7Average annual number of amicus briefs filed per case in Supreme Court's private enforcement cases, and in all cases, 1960–2014
4.8Proportion of cases with Chamber of Commerce Amicus Briefs, and with Washington or Pacific Legal Foundation Amicus Briefs, 1970–2014
4.9Number of Federal Rules private enforcement issues per term, and probability of dissent, 1960–2013
4.10Probability of pro-private enforcement outcomes and justice votes in all Federal Rules private enforcement issues, 1960–2014
4.11Probability of pro-private enforcement outcomes and justice votes in Federal Rules private enforcement issues with dissents, 1960–2014
4.12Balance between government and business defendants in Federal Rules private enforcement cases, and non-Federal Rules private enforcement cases, 1960–2014
A.4.1Probability of pro-private enforcement outcomes and justice votes in parallel policy sample cases with dissents, 1960–2014
5.1Media coverage index of private enforcement issues, 1960–2013
6.1Rate of private civil rights litigation in federal court, 1961–2014