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Variables petitioner and respondent provide detailed information about all parties, except the identity of the state if a state (or one of its subdivisions) is a party, petitioner and respondent variables note only whether a state is a party, not the state's name.
The Respondent is the person who is supposed to respond to the petition (defendant). For example Person X thinks they have a case against person Y. Person X is the Petitioner and Person Y is the Respondant. Petitioner is the one who filed and the Respondent is the person who was filed against.