Costs of the Civil Justice System
Court Expenditures for Processing Tort Cases
ResearchPublished 1982
This report deals with government expenditures for processing tort cases, drawing on available data from federal and state agencies. Section II presents data on average judge-time expended per tort cases filed, followed by data on the total government expenditure per judge in Sec. III. The average government expenditure per tort case filed is calculated in Sec. IV by multiplying the judge-time per case times the total government expenditure for all types of personnel combined and other resources used per judge-minute. Finally, Sec. V estimates the nationwide total annual government expenditure for processing tort cases.
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- Year: 1982
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Kakalik, James S. and Abby Robyn, Costs of the Civil Justice System: Court Expenditures for Processing Tort Cases, RAND Corporation, R-2888-ICJ, 1982. As of August 25, 2026: https://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R2888.html
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Kakalik, James S. and Abby Robyn, Costs of the Civil Justice System: Court Expenditures for Processing Tort Cases. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1982. https://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R2888.html.
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