2007

COURT OF APPEALS - CASE LOAD STATISTICS

District I II III IV Total

Filings	794	687	619	741	2841
Civil	336	328	344	446	1454
Criminal	458	359	275	295	1387
Adjusted Caseload*	-79	+15	-55	+119
Three-Judge	704	543	504	587	2338
One-Judge	90	144	115	154	503
Average filings per judge	199	172	206	148	178
*Adjusted average/judge	179	176	188	172	178
No Merits	245	134	121	119	619
Writs	47	21	22	45	135
Granted	4	4	1	5	14
Leaves to Appeal	41	46	50	68	205
Granted	11	5	3	11	30
Matter of Right	461	486	426	509	1882

Submission	319	284	226	402	1231
Civil	192	177	147	249	765
Criminal	127	107	79	153	466
Cases on Briefs	309	278	225	398	1210
Civil	183	172	146	246	747
Criminal	126	106	79	152	463
Percentage on briefs	97%	98%	99.6%	99%	98%
Oral Arguments	10	6	1	4	21
Civil	9	5	1	3	18
Criminal	1	1	0	1	3
Percentage Orally Argued	3%	2%	.4%	1%	2%

Total Terminations	777	725	674	853	3029
Average terminations per judge	194	181	225	171	189

Percentages of Total Terminations:

Opinion	49%	34%	32%	39%	39%
Summary Disposition	20%	35%	29%	25%	27%
Memo Opinion	26%	25%	32%	29%	28%
Other	4%	6%	7%	7%	6%

Percentages of Civil/Criminal Affirmances:

Civil: % Affirmed	79%	78%	68%	76%	76%
Criminal: % Affirmed	88%	88%	89%	80%	86%

Average Days to Opinion:

Notice of Appeal to Opinion	204	172	115	191	249
Three-Judge Opinions	344	364	290	384	352
One-Judge Opinions	190	197	180	269	215
Per Curiam Opinions	490	396	293	375	398
Summary Dispositions
without No Merits	424	323	261	314	311
No Merit SMDs	340	180	183	270	244
Memo Opinions	126	110	75	92	100
Orders*	74	48	49	14	51
Fast Tracks	NA	126	157	160	148

*Does not include voluntary dismissals.

Terminations by Opinion:

Opinions	384	249	219	330	1182
Civil	223	153	142	215	733
Percentage	58%	61%	65%	65%	62%
Criminal	161	96	77	115	449
Percentage	42%	39%	35%	35%	38%
%s of Disposition: Affirmed Reversed Other	81% 13% 5%	77% 16% 7%	72% 22% 6%	74% 18% 8%	77% 17% 6%
Per Curiams	175	94	120	149	538
Signed Opinions	209	155	99	180	643
1-Judge Opinions	43	59	45	68	215
3-Judge Opinions	166	96	54	112	428

Publication Data (amended 4/7/08):

All Opinions*	380	227	203	299	1109
Percentage Published	15%	26%	15%	19%	18%
Considered**	164	84	57	110	415
Published Civil Criminal	56 37 19	58 36 22	31 22 9	57 41 16	202 136 66
Percentage	34%	69%	54%	52%	49%

* This figure reflects Dec 2006 and YTD Nov 2007 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	159	251	197	214	821
Affirmance	1	81	33	98	213
Reversals	5	11	11	8	35
No Merits	148	151	149	103	551
Other	5	8	4	5	22
Memo Opinions	202	179	213	246	840
Jurisdiction	24	32	30	20	106
Other	105	82	96	120	403
Writs Denied, etc.	39	23	28	46	136
Writs Granted	4	4	1	5	14
Leaves Denied, etc.	30	38	58	55	181
Other	32	46	45	63	186
Voluntary Dismissals	16	27	32	57	132
Stipulations	0	1	3	1	5
Other	16	18	10	5	49

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

Motions	3496	2629	1918	2746	10,789
Writs Terminated	43	27	29	51	150
Writs Granted	4	4	1	5	14
Leaves Terminated	41	43	61	66	211

Pending Cases:

12-31-07	654	459	313	480	1906
12-31-06	702	453	376	476	2007

SUPREME COURT ACTIVITY

Certifications Filed*	0	6	0	13	19
Certifications Granted	1	2	0	7	10
Bypasses Granted	0	0	0	0	0

*Consolidated cases counted as one.

Ct. App. Opinions Released	384	249	219	330	1182
Petitions filed on Opns.	183	101	75	121	480
Percentage Filed	48%	41%	34%	37%	41%
Petitions Filed	258	184	141	239	822
Civil	148	104	75	142	469
Criminal	110	80	66	97	353
Petitions Acted Upon	264	192	158	244	858
Granted	19	24	15	26	84
Civil	13	19	10	15	57
Criminal	6	5	5	11	27
SC Opinions on Petitions	14	11	11	16	52
Affirmed Civil Criminal	3 3 0	9 6 3	5 3 2	10 7 3	27 52% 19 37% 8 15%
Reversed Civil Criminal	8 6 2	2 2 0	5 4 1	5 3 2	20 38% 15 28% 5 10%
Other* Civil Criminal	3 3 0	0 0 0	1 1 0	1 1 0	5 10% 5 10% 0 0%

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

Supreme Court Disposition of Reviews (8/1/78 - 12/31/07)

Filed	6531	5469	4774	6413	23187
Acted Upon	6552	4532	4764	6261	23009
Granted	602	489	457	673	2221