This BJS Bulletin presents the first release of
findings in a series of reports from the Civil
Justice Survey of State Courts, 2001.
Thomas H. Cohen wrote this Bulletin under
supervision of Steven K. Smith. Mark
Motivans provided statistical review. Data
collection was supervised by the National
Center for State Courts (NCSC); Paula
Hannaford-Agor was the project director.
Paula Hannaford-Agor and Neil LaFountain
of the NCSC provided comments. Neil
LaFountain also provided data assistance.
Devon Adams, Tina Dorsey, and Tom
Hester edited the report. Jayne Robinson
prepared the report for final printing.