VAR 0033 PROCEDURAL PROGRESS MD=99
REF 0033 LOC 126 WIDTH 2
Item 23. Procedural progress at termination.
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Statistical Year 1970 to Statistical Year 1975
01. No issue - no action
02. No issue - action
03. Issue, no pretrial - no action
04. Issue, no pretrial - action
05. Pretrial but no trial
06. Terminated during court trial
07. Terminated during jury trial
08. Judgment after court trial
09. Judgment after jury trial
00. Land condemnation cases
Statistical year 1976 to statistical year 1986
(excluding 4 pilot districts in 1986)
01. Before issue joined
02. After motion decided but before issue joined
03. Issue joined, no other court action
04. Issue joined, and after judgment of court on
motion
05. Issue joined, and after pretrial conference
but before trial
06. During court trial
07. During jury trial
08. After court trial
09. After jury trial
00. Other
Statistical Year 1986 to Statistical Year 1987
(4 districts in 1986: EDPA,NDTX,MDFL,WDMI)
01. Before issue joined, no court action
02. Before issue joined, order entered
03. After issue joined, no court action
04. After issue joined, judgment on motion
05. After issue joined, pretrial conference held
06. After issue joined, during court trial
07. After issue joined, during jury trial
08. After issue joined, after court trial
09. After issue joined, after jury trial
10. After issue joined, other
11. Before issue joined, hearing held
12. Before issue joined, motion decided
99. Out of universe
We used codes 1-9 to divide the terminations by procedural progress. We, however, combined codes 11 and 12 with code 2, as "before issue joined, court action." Also, we combined all the other miscellaneous codes into "middle, other."