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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Feb 11.
Published in final edited form as: Law Probab Risk. 2011;10(4):329–354. doi: 10.1093/lpr/mgr019

Table 1.

Cox and Miles (2008), Table 5, Columns 1-3 Reporting Probit Findings on the Likelihood of Voting for Section 2 Liability.

Variable (1)
Cox & Miles Table 5, col. 1
(2)
Cox & Miles Table 5, col. 2
(3)
Cox & Miles Table 5,col. 3
Judge was Democratic Appointee .145** (.035) .151** (.039) .158** (.044)
Judge was Democratic Appointee * Year After 1994 - - .004 (.06)
Year Was After 1994 -.123** (.035) - -
Case Occurred in South .016 (.043) - -
Appellate Case -.084 (.038) -.102* (.042) -.101** (-.053)
Challenge to At-large Election .104 (.049) .078 (.054) .077 (.055)
Challenge to Reapportionment Plan .054 (.049) .034 (.055) .034 (.055)
Challenge to Local Election Practice .005 (.043) -.018 (.05) -.018 (.05)
Plaintiffs Were African-American .027 (.046) .114* (.049) .114** (.049)
Case Occurred in Jurisdiction Covered by §5 .046 (.044) .045 (.05) .044 (.055)

Note:

*

indicates significant P<.10 and

**

indicates significant at P<.05. With the exception of Model (1), all regression include fixed-effects controls for judicial circuits and years.