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Part 3 | Judicial DistrictsThis section explores and compares several key EDL case characteristics across the seven judicial districts from which our samplecases were drawn. We focus specifically on discrimination type claims, issue claims, and plaintiff representation variables.DISCRIMINATION TYPEFigure 3.1 displays the percentage breakdown of discrimination type claims by judicial district. With a few exceptions, the basicpattern found across all cases (from the previous section) generally holds for each district: Race cases are most common, followedby sex, age, and disability claims. One major exception is the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, where sex claims slightly outnumberrace claims. Another exception comes from the Northern District of California, which reveals substantially more disabilityclaims than age claims. Finally, the Eastern District of Louisiana shows essentially an equal number of age and disability claims.figure 3.1 :percent of discriminationtype alleged by judicial districtracesexagedisability-16-