Analysis of FCHR Case Outcomes | By Demographics
Plaintiff's Religion

Fact #1: For cases involving a Christian plaintiff, 4% have resulted in a victory.

• This is meaningfully lower than the rate for non-Christian litigants (7%).
• However, it’s marginally higher than the global average (3%) (see "Note #1" [below]).

Fact #2: For cases involving a Christian plaintiff, 51% have resulted in a loss.

• This is higher than the rate for non-Christian litigants (48%).
• Plus, it’s much higher than the global average (40%) (see "Note #1" [below]).

Fact #3: For cases involving a Christian plaintiff, 8% have resulted in an explicit settlement.

• This is lower than the rate for non-Christian litigants (17%).
• Plus, it’s tremendously lower than the global average (25%) (see "Note #1" [below]).

Takeaway #1: Religion has a significant impact on the outcome of a case.

• Christian plaintiffs face worse legal outcomes than their non-Christian counterparts (worse probabilities: for victories, losses, settlements, and so on).

Note #1: the demographic characteristics for many litigants is unknown. Which is why the “all” row doesn’t quite measure up to the sum of the individual pieces (see tables [above]).

Note #2: The population size for this data is too small for these statistics to be reliable.

Additional: These numbers can be further analyzed by:

(a) case type;
(b) charge (eg, age, col, etc.);
(c) determination impact; (ie, 'cause' vs 'no cause')
(d) legal representation; (ie, 'with attorney' vs 'without attorney')
(e) retaliation impact (ie, 'with' vs 'without' [retaliation]); and
(f) year;