2002

COURT OF APPEALS - CASE LOAD STATISTICS

District I II III IV Total

Filings	928	836	649	929	3342
Civil	433	480	374	567	1854
Criminal	495	356	275	362	1488
Adjusted Caseload*	-88	-16	+21	+83	---
Three-Judge	774	666	494	700	2634
One-Judge	154	170	155	229	708
Average filings per judge	232	209	216	186	209
*Adjusted average/judge	210	205	223	202	209
No Merits	226	132	97	130	585
Writs	42	41	23	84	190
Granted	0	4	1	1	6
Leaves to Appeal	60	65	58	74	257
Granted	7	11	11	15	44
Matter of Right	600	598	471	641	2310

Submission	387	371	291	418	1467
Civil	197	226	208	270	901
Criminal	190	145	83	148	566
Cases on Briefs	377	361	288	405	1431
Civil	189	219	205	261	874
Criminal	188	142	83	144	557
Percentage on briefs	97%	97%	99%	97%	98%
Oral Arguments	10	10	3	13	36
Civil	8	7	3	9	27
Criminal	2	3	0	4	9
Percentage Orally Argued	3%	3%	1%	3%	2%

Total Terminations	886	881	720	999	3486
Average terminations per judge	222	220	240	200	218

Percentages of Total Terminations:

Opinion	27%	36%	47%	40%	37%
Summary Disposition	42%	29%	26%	28%	31%
Memo Opinion	25%	27%	22%	25%	25%
Other	7%	8%	5%	8%	7%

Percentages of Civil/Criminal Affirmances:

Civil: % Affirmed	75%	79%	77%	73%	76%
Criminal: % Affirmed	91%	88%	91%	84%	88%

Average Days to Disposition:

Notice of Appeal to Disposition	238	211	194	212	215
Three-Judge Opinions	336	280	240	362	308
One-Judge Opinions	158	191	159	212	181
Per Curiam Opinions	287	322	277	345	308
Summary Dispositions	321	248	225	232	265
without No Merits	388	294	257	273	325
No Merit SMDs	229	170	206	189	202
Memo Opinions	103	108	67	22	74
Orders*	87	81	82	140	89
Fast Tracks	NA	143	168	141	151

*Does not include voluntary dismissals.

Terminations by Opinion:

Opinions	239	313	337	395	1284
Civil	144	177	233	267	821
Percentage	60%	57%	69%	68%	64%
Criminal	95	136	104	128	463
Percentage	40%	43%	31%	32%	36%
%s of Disposition: Affirmed Reversed Other	76% 16% 8%	79% 11% 10%	78% 15% 7%	69% 19% 11%	75% 16% 9%
Per Curiams	105	117	159	142	523
No Merit Per Curiams	0	0	1	0	1
Signed Opinions	134	196	178	253	761
1-Judge Opinions*	86	82	84*	101	353
3-Judge Opinions	48	114	94	152	408

* 4 one-judge opinions were no merits in District III.

Publication Data:

All Opinions*	223	285	309	378	1195
Percentage Published	23%	32%	19%	28%	26%
Considered**	57	106	93	142	398
Published	51	92	59	104	306
Percentage	89%	87%	63%	73%	77%

* This figure reflects Dec '01 and YTD Nov '02 three-judge, one-judge and per curiam opinions.

** Three-judge opinions only; deferrals are counted only when decided.

Termination by Other Means (Orders):

Summary Dispositions	370	254	185	278	1087
Affirmance	174	110	40	115	439
Reversals	15	8	7	7	37
No Merits	171	125	133	154	583
Other	10	11	5	2	28
Memo Opinions	218	241	161	247	867
Jurisdiction	34	21	26	28	109
Other	87	128	68	106	389
Writs Denied, etc.	47	38	22	52	159
Writs Granted	0	4	1	1	6
Leaves Denied, etc.	50	50	44	60	204
Other	59	73	37	79	248
Voluntary Dismissals	26	41	28	64	159
Stipulations	8	5	4	1	18
Other	25	27	5	14	71

Motions (not including Leaves to Appeal and Writs Terminated):

Motions	3174	2678	1462	2536	9850
Writs Terminated	47	42	23	53	165
Writs Granted	0	4	1	1	6
Leaves Terminated	57	61	55	75	248

Pending Cases:

12-31-02	654	442	320	519	1935
12-31-01	656	478	372	507	2013

SUPREME COURT ACTIVITY

Certifications Filed*	3	10	5	6	24
Certifications Granted*	3	10	3	7	23
Bypasses Granted*	1	1	0	0	2

*Consolidated cases counted as one. One District III certification was withdrawn.

Ct. App. Opinions Released	239	313	337	395	1284
Petitions filed on Opns.	119	133	114	176	542
Percentage Filed	50%	42%	34%	45%	42%
Petitions Filed	294	220	205	300	1019
Civil	137	115	124	186	562
Criminal	157	105	81	114	457
Petitions Acted Upon	278	220	205	314	1017
Granted	15	9	16	32	72
Civil	10	4	14	24	52
Criminal	5	5	2	8	20
SC Opinions on Petitions	12	18	9	16	55
Affirmed Civil Criminal	5 3 2	9 5 4	3 3 0	11 7 4	28 51% 18 33% 10 18%
Reversed Civil Criminal	4 3 1	9 5 4	5 1 4	5 1 4	23 42% 10 18% 13 24%
Other* Civil Criminal	3 2 1	0 0 0	1 0 1	0 0 0	4 7% 2 3.5% 2 3.5%

*Affirmed and remanded; affirmed in part, reversed in part; modified and affirmed dispositions.

Supreme Court Disposition of Reviews (8/1/78 - 12/31/02)

Filed	5156	4502	3941	5129	18728
Acted Upon	5109	4471	3917	5058	18555
Granted	511	386	365	536	1798