Filings	919	748	678	733	3078
Civil	463	403	355	447	1668
Criminal	456	345	323	286	1410
Adjusted Caseload*	-137	+21	+9	+107
Three-Judge	761	595	542	583	2481
One-Judge	158	153	136	150	597
Average filings per judge	230	187	226	147	192
*Adjusted average/judge	196	192	229	168	192
No Merits	230	149	161	101	641
Writs	65	27	30	41	163
Granted	6	4	2	2	14
Leaves to Appeal	47	54	45	60	206
Granted	8	8	5	7	28
Matter of Right	577	518	442	531	2068

* Numbers reflect cases gained or lost due to workload transfer, panel disqualification and no merit transfers. These figures do not reflect consolidation.

Submission	308	334	248	382	1272
Civil	188	215	157	239	799
Criminal	120	119	91	143	473
Cases on Briefs	293	322	243	375	1233
Civil	179	204	153	233	769
Criminal	114	118	90	142	464
Percentage on briefs	95%	96%	98%	98%	97%
Oral Arguments	15	12	5	7	39
Civil	9	11	4	6	30
Criminal	6	1	1	1	9
Percentage Orally Argued	5%	4%	2%	2%	3%

Total Terminations	809	782	662	879	3132
Average terminations per judge	202	196	221	176	196

Percentages of Total Terminations:

Opinion	47%	36%	37%	39%	40%
Summary Disposition	19%	32%	28%	30%	27%
Memo Opinion	28%	25%	26%	26%	26%
Other	6%	7%	5%	5%	6%

Percentages of Civil/Criminal Affirmances:

Civil: % Affirmed	80%	80%	71%	66%	74%
Criminal: % Affirmed	83%	87%	82%	81%	83%

Average Days to Opinion:

Notice of Appeal to Opinion	213	167	137	192	249
Three-Judge Opinions	406	336	294	451	384
One-Judge Opinions	171	198	172	211	187
Per Curiam Opinions	544	420	293	368	411
Summary Dispositions
without No Merits	493	320	291	302	316
No Merit SMDs	270	179	164	240	214
Memo Opinions	117	114	89	74	99
Orders*	50	50	40	46	47
Fast Tracks	NA	88	57	50	61

*Does not include voluntary dismissals.

Terminations by Opinion:

Opinions	381	278	245	347	1251
Civil	222	178	159	237	796
Percentage	58%	64%	65%	68%	64%
Criminal	159	100	86	110	455
Percentage	42%	36%	35%	32%	36%
%s of Disposition: Affirmed Reversed Other	81% 13% 6%	79% 14% 7%	71% 23% 6%	77% 17% 6%	77% 16% 6%
Per Curiams	146	100	117	172	535
Signed Opinions	235	178	128	175	716
1-Judge Opinions*	59	73	54	50	236
3-Judge Opinions	176	105	74	125	480

Publication Data:

All Opinions*	333	239	229	317	1118
Percentage Published	22%	29%	17%	22%	23%
Considered**	150	97	66	114	427
Published	73	70	40	70	253
Percentage	49%	72%	61%	61%	59%

* This figure reflects Dec 2005 and YTD Nov 2006 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	152	253	187	265	857
Affirmance	4	93	55	129	281
Reversals	3	13	4	3	23
No Merits	137	142	123	129	531
Other	8	5	5	4	22
Memo Opinions	224	193	174	226	817
Jurisdiction	16	25	20	25	86
Other	118	89	93	104	404
Writs Denied, etc.	54	32	23	38	147
Writs Granted	6	4	2	2	14
Leaves Denied, etc.	30	43	36	57	166
Other	52	58	33	41	184
Voluntary Dismissals	29	33	18	35	115
Stipulations	2	5	3	2	12
Other	21	20	12	4	57

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

Motions	3336	2437	2209	2679	10661
Writs Terminated	60	36	25	40	161
Writs Granted	6	4	2	2	14
Leaves Terminated	38	51	41	64	194

Pending Cases:

12-31-06	702	453	376	476	2007
12-31-05	714	442	363	474	1993

SUPREME COURT ACTIVITY

Certifications Filed*	2	11	2	4	19
Certifications Granted	1	7	2	4	14
Bypasses Granted	0	0	0	0	0

*Consolidated cases counted as one.

(Amended as to first and third rows – 2/8/08)

Ct. App. Opinions Released	381	278	245	347	1252
Petitions filed on Opinions	176	98	82	154	510
Percentage Filed	46%	35%	33%	44%	41%
Petitions Filed	253	166	167	291	877
Civil	151	83	92	158	484
Criminal	102	83	75	133	393
Petitions Acted Upon	309	145	155	212	821
Granted	15	17	12	20	64
Civil	12	11	8	15	46
Criminal	3	6	4	5	18
SC Opinions on Petitions	17	16	7	18	58
Affirmed Civil Criminal	11 8 3	6 4 2	5 5 0	9 7 2	31 53% 24 41% 7 12%
Reversed Civil Criminal	4 0 4	9 8 1	2 2 0	7 4 3	22 38% 14 24% 8 14%
Other* Civil Criminal	2 1 1	1 0 1	0 0 0	2 2 0	5 9% 3 5% 2 3%

*Affirmed/remanded; affirmed/reversed in part; modified/affirmed dispositions.

Supreme Court Disposition of Reviews (8/1/78 - 12/31/06)

Filed	6273	5285	4633	6174	22365
Acted Upon	6288	5240	4606	6017	22151
Granted	583	465	442	647	2137