2009

��������� COURT OF APPEALS - CASE LOAD STATISTICS

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Filings	942	734	677	714	3067
�� Civil	415	378	388	448	1629
�� Criminal	527	356	289	266	1438
Adjusted Caseload*	-82	-8	+3	+87
���� Three-Judge	820	572	561	570	2523
���� One-Judge	122	162	116	144	544
Average filings per judge	236	184	226	143	192
*Adjusted average/judge	215	182	227	160	192
No Merits/Transfer Adjustment	261/188	118/124	138/137	107/175	624
Writs	72	35	26	54	187
�� Granted	1	2	0	2	5
Leaves to Appeal	46	67	49	41	203
�� Granted	13	9	6	8	36
Matter of Right	563	514	464	512	2053

Submission	273	278	205	299	1055
�� Civil	130	143	132	191	596
�� Criminal	143	135	73	108	459
Cases on Briefs	261	265	202	297	1025
�� Civil	119	135	129	189	572
�� Criminal	142	130	73	108	453
Percentage on briefs	96%	95%	99%	99%	97%
Oral Arguments	12	13	3	2	30
�� Civil	11	8	3	2	24
�� Criminal	1	5	0	0	6
Percentage Orally Argued	4%	5%	1%	1%	3%

Total Terminations	856	749	629	844	3078
Average terminations per judge	214	187	210	169	192

Percentages of Total Terminations:

Opinion	36%	37%	31%	38%	36%
Summary Disposition	26%	29%	29%	27%	28%
Memo Opinion	31%	27%	34%	30%	30%
Other	7%	8%	6%	5%	6%

Percentages of Civil/Criminal Affirmances:

Civil:� % Affirmed	82%	74%	68%	76%	76%
Criminal:� % Affirmed	93%	85%	85%	86%	88%

Average Days to Opinion:

Notice of Appeal to Opinion	136	155	121	193	242
Three-Judge Opinions	363	358	314	415	371
One-Judge Opinions	163	194	171	243	202
Per Curiam Opinions	364	367	332	433	377
Summary Dispositions
���� without No Merits	408	290	290	358	325
���� No Merit SMDs	284	231	165	281	247
Memo Opinions	179	101	76	107	119
Orders*	65	47	52	65	58
Fast Tracks	NA	168	178	181	175

�� *Does not include voluntary dismissals.

Terminations by Opinion:

Opinions	308	275	194	320	1097
�� Civil	153	150	120	194	617
����������� Percentage	50%	55%	62%	61%	56%
�� Criminal	155	125	74	126	480
����������� Percentage	50%	45%	38%	39%	44%
%s of Disposition: �� Affirmed �� Reversed �� Other	87% �7% �6%	74% 20% �6%	65% 25% 10%	75% 19% �6%	76% 17% �7%
Per Curiams	152	114	100	136	502
�� No Merit Per Curiams		1			1
Signed Opinions	157	161	94	184	596
�� 1-Judge Opinions*	36	81	56	91	264
�� 3-Judge Opinions	121	80	38	93	332

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Publication Data:

All Opinions*	281	256	174	279	990
�� Percentage Published	17%	24%	14%	13%	17%
Considered**	119	80	39	83	321
Published	47	61	25	36	169
�� Percentage	39%	76%	64%	43%	53%

����������� * This figure reflects Dec 2008 and YTD Nov 2009 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	224	215	184	229	852
Affirmance	5	77	57	97	236
Reversals	3	5	5	5	18
No Merits	206	132	120	125	583
Other	10	1	2	2	15
Memo Opinions	266	200	216	249	931
Jurisdiction	12	16	36	20	84
Other	128	92	115	129	464
Writs Denied, etc.	78	30	25	65	198
Writs Granted	1	2	0	2	5
Leaves Denied, etc.	47	60	40	33	180
Other	58	59	35	46	198
Voluntary Dismissals	25	39	23	37	124
Stipulations	3	2	2	0	7
Other	30	18	10	9	67

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

Motions	4109	3111	2555	2904	12679
Writs Terminated	79	32	25	67	203
Writs Granted	1	2	0	2	5
Leaves Terminated	60	69	46	41	216

Pending Cases:

12-31-09	649	516	397	506	2068
12-31-08	622	562	332	492	2008

������������������������� SUPREME COURT ACTIVITY

Certifications Filed*	0	4	1	8	13
Certifications Granted	0	2	1	6	9
Bypasses Granted	0	1	1	0	2

����������� *Consolidated cases counted as one.

Ct. App. Opinions Released	286	246	173	289	994
Petitions filed on Opns.	180	97	75	105	457
�� Percentage Filed	63%	39%	43%	36%	46%
Petitions Filed	260	204	135	188	787
�� Civil	117	93	81	105	396
�� Criminal	143	111	54	83	391
Petitions Acted Upon	253	198	133	192	776
�� Granted	16	17	4	17	54
����������� Civil	8	13	3	11	35
����������� Criminal	8	4	1	6	19
SC Opinions on Petitions	13	9.5	7	16.5	46
Affirmed** �� Civil �� Criminal	�4 4 0	7.5 5.5 2�	�3 2 1	�8.5 �4.5 4	23���� 50% 16���� 35% �7����� 15%
Reversed �� Civil �� Criminal	�6 4 2	�2 2 0	�3 �1 �2	�5 �2 �3	16���� 35% �9����� 20% �7����� 15%
Other* �� Civil �� Criminal	�3 �2 �1	�0 �0 �0	�1 �0 �1	�3 �3 �0	�7����� 15% �5����� 11% �2������� 4%

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

����������� **One consolidated opinion addressed D2 and D4 opinions.�

Supreme Court Disposition of Reviews (8/1/78 - 12/31/09)

Filed	7011	5847	5054	6827	24739
Acted Upon	7024	5809	5041	6700	24574
Granted	635	516	471	711	2333