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Petitioner State
Variable Name
petitionerState
Spaeth Name
PARTY_1
Normalizations
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This variable identifies the state if the state or any one of the below is the petitioner. The exceptions are courts, judicial districts, or judges. If they are federal courts or federal judges, the "state" is always the United States. The same holds for other federal employees or officials.

  • specified state board or department of education
  • city, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
  • state commission, board, committee, or authority
  • county government or county governmental unit
  • state department or agency
  • court or judicial district
  • governmental employee or job applicant
  • female governmental employee or job applicant
  • minority governmental employee or job applicant
  • minority female governmental employee or job applicant
  • federal government corporation
  • retired or former governmental employee
  • U.S. House of Representatives
    interstate compact
  • judge
  • state legislature, house, or committee
  • local governmental unit other than a county, city, town, township, village, or borough
  • governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
  • state or U.S. supreme court
  • local school district or board of education
  • U.S. Senate
  • U.S. senator
  • foreign nation or instrumentality
  • state or local governmental taxpayer, or executor of the estate of
  • state college or university

    See Petitioner variable for more details.
     
    Values:
    1 Alabama
    2 Alaska
    3 American Samoa
    4 Arizona
    5 Arkansas
    6 California
    7 Colorado
    8 Connecticut
    9 Delaware
    10 District of Columbia
    11 Federated States of Micronesia
    12 Florida
    13 Georgia
    14 Guam
    15 Hawaii
    16 Idaho
    17 Illinois
    18 Indiana
    19 Iowa
    20 Kansas
    21 Kentucky
    22 Louisiana
    23 Maine
    24 Marshall Islands
    25 Maryland
    26 Massachusetts
    27 Michigan
    28 Minnesota
    29 Mississippi
    30 Missouri
    31 Montana
    32 Nebraska
    33 Nevada
    34 New Hampshire
    35 New Jersey
    36 New Mexico
    37 New York
    38 North Carolina
    39 North Dakota
    40 Northern Mariana Islands
    41 Ohio
    42 Oklahoma
    43 Oregon
    44 Palau
    45 Pennsylvania
    46 Puerto Rico
    47 Rhode Island
    48 South Carolina
    49 South Dakota
    50 Tennessee
    51 Texas
    52 Utah
    53 Vermont
    54 Virgin Islands
    55 Virginia
    56 Washington
    57 West Virginia
    58 Wisconsin
    59 Wyoming
    60 United States
    61 Interstate Compact
    62 Philippines
    63 Indian
    64 Dakota
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