The population distribution for the Second District is, well, a bit lopsided. The 2000 population of Los Angeles County – 9,519,338 – accounts for 87.18% of the District. Ventura County is 6.89%, Santa Barbara County is 3.66% and San Luis Obispo accounts for 2.26% of the population.
Not surprisingly, nearly all of the Supreme Court’s
This time, we’re beginning a new series, looking at the geographic spread of the Court’s civil docket. We’ll assess two issues: (1) does the spread of civil cases track – at least across longer periods – the distribution of population; and (2) how does the distribution of cases change over time.