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Table 8. Ordinal Ranking of State
Substantive-Law Rules and Reforms |
| Rank |
State |
Score |
| 1 |
Texas |
23.03653846 |
| 2 |
Michigan |
25.40016026 |
| 3 |
Ohio |
26.38958333 |
| 4 |
Georgia |
26.60833333 |
| 5 |
Colorado |
26.88766026 |
| 6 |
Illinois |
27.40705128 |
| 7 |
Florida |
27.93317308 |
| 8 |
Louisiana |
29.27820513 |
| 9 |
New Jersey |
29.80881410 |
| 10 |
Utah |
30.06233974 |
| 11 |
Arizona |
30.75000000 |
| 12 |
Tennessee |
31.16282051 |
| 13 |
Alaska |
32.76810897 |
| 14 |
Washington |
33.50400641 |
| 15 |
North Dakota |
33.77211538 |
| 16 |
Idaho |
33.89102564 |
| 17 |
Kansas |
33.92804487 |
| 18 |
New Hampshire |
34.50240385 |
| 19 |
North Carolina |
35.24278846 |
| 20 |
Maine |
35.43349359 |
| 21 |
West Virginia |
35.46153846 |
| 22 |
Indiana |
35.47612180 |
| 23 |
Wyoming |
35.66907051 |
| 24 |
Kentucky |
35.91250000 |
| 25 |
Mississippi |
36.04375000 |
| 26 |
Oregon |
36.49919872 |
| 27 |
Wisconsin |
36.82227564 |
| 28 |
California |
37.61314103 |
| 29 |
Alabama |
37.68044872 |
| 30 |
Oklahoma |
37.72195513 |
| 31 |
Montana |
37.79935897 |
| 32 |
Virginia |
38.16730769 |
| 33 |
Missouri |
38.22676282 |
| 34 |
South Carolina |
38.53637821 |
| 35 |
Iowa |
39.26778846 |
| 36 |
Nebraska |
39.31490385 |
| 37 |
Delaware |
39.82532051 |
| 38 |
New York |
40.38397436 |
| 39 |
Pennsylvania |
40.78445513 |
| 40 |
Nevada |
40.81250000 |
| 41 |
Connecticut |
41.02900641 |
| 42 |
Arkansas |
41.37564103 |
| 43 |
South Dakota |
41.55625000 |
| 44 |
Maryland |
42.10256410 |
| 45 |
Minnesota |
42.65785256 |
| 46 |
Vermont |
43.04262821 |
| 47 |
Massachusetts |
43.17387821 |
| 48 |
Hawaii |
43.85817308 |
| 49 |
New Mexico |
44.02644231 |
| 50 |
Rhode Island |
47.39519231 |
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