Guides: Sources of Statistics for Legal Writing: U.S. Supreme Court Statistics

Sources

The Supreme Court publishes statistics for each term in the Journal of the Supreme Court, which contains the Court's official minutes

Each year in its November issue, HLR publishes a series of tables summarizing statistics from the prior Supreme Court term
- e.g., The Supreme Court, 2019 Term — The Statistics, 134 HARV. L. REV. 610, 610–25 (2020)
Visualizations are also available on the HLR website beginning with OT 2019

A blog "designed to look at contemporary and historical Supreme Court issues at an empirical level"
Browse the archive or use the search bar to check if Empirical Scotus has compiled statistics for your issue

Coded data on Supreme Court cases from 1953-present, downloadable in various formats for analysis

The Supreme Court Compendium by Lee J. Epstein; Jeffrey A. Segal; Harold J. Spaeth; Thomas G. Walker
ISBN: 9781483376608
Publication Date: 2015-08-11
The Supreme Court Compendium provides historical and statistical information on the Supreme Court: its institutional development; caseload; decision trends; the background, nomination, and voting behavior of its justices; its relationship with public, governmental, and other judicial bodies; and its impact. With over 180 tables and figures, this new edition is intended to capture the full retrospective picture through the 2013-2014 term of the Roberts Court and the momentous decisions handed down within the last four years, including United States v. Windsor, National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius, and Shelby County v. Holder.