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MULTIPLE STATUTORY CLAIMSAbout43 percentof casesinvolved multiplestatutory claims(Figure 2.10).As with discriminatory types and issues discussed above, a complainant is permitted to bring multiple statutory claims in a singlecase. About 43 percent of cases involved multiple statutory claims (Figure 2.10). Also, as Figure 2.11 shows, certain statutorycases are more likely than others to include additional claims. For example, both §1983 and §1981 cases virtually alwaysinclude additional statutory claims (98 and 91 percent, respectively). ADA cases are also quite likely to include additionalclaims (65 percent), while ADEA cases have an exactly 50/50 likelihood of doing so. Finally, about 47 percent of Title VIIcases include at least one additional statutory claim.figure 2.10 :percent of cases withmultiple statutory claimsone claimmore than one claim57%43%(n=1785)figure 2.11 :percent of selectedcases with at least oneadditional statutory claim-10-