The Source for Crime and Justice Data

AIDS-Related Written Court Decisions in Federal and State Courts, 1984-1989: [United States]

(2 datasets; 406 KB)

Principal Investigator(s): Musheno, Michael C.

Summary: This data collection was designed to identify the party characteristics, case attributes, and idea structures of written court decisions related to Auto-Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Written court decisions related to AIDS in state and federal courts were located via the LEXUS and WESTLAW data systems. For a case to be eligible, it had to address an issue involving AIDS or involve a party who was believed to be infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), and a legal deci... (view full summary)

Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06502.v1

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