2010

COURT OF APPEALS - CASE LOAD STATISTICS

District I II III IV Total

Filings	913	732	638	752	3035
Civil	417	359	341	460	1577
Criminal	496	373	297	292	1458
Adjusted Caseload*	-95	-4	+38	+137
Three-Judge	755	571	518	592	2436
One-Judge	158	161	120	160	599
Average filings per judge	228	183	213	150	190
*Adjusted average/judge	205	182	200	178	190
No Merits/Transfer Adjustment	241/187	160/165	116/132	110/143	627
Writs	62	38	27	55	182
Granted	4	5	0	9	18
Leaves to Appeal	38	48	39	43	168
Granted	1	3	3	4	11
Matter of Right	572	486	456	544	2058

Submission	335	291	232	334	1192
Civil	161	165	147	209	682
Criminal	174	126	85	125	510
Cases on Briefs	326	287	230	328	1173
Civil	153	162	145	203	663
Criminal	173	125	85	125	508
Percentage on briefs	97%	99%	99%	98.2%	98.2%
Oral Arguments	9	4	2	6	21
Civil	8	3	2	6	19
Criminal	1	1	0	0	2
Percentage Orally Argued	3%	1%	1%	1.8%	1.8%

Total Terminations	847	777	652	885	3161
Average terminations per judge	212	194	217	177	198

Percentages of Total Terminations:

Opinion	42%	36.6%	38.3%	30.5%	36.7%
Summary Disposition	23.3%	30.6%	30.7%	35.9%	30.1%
Memo Opinion	25.4%	24.2%	25.8%	27.6%	25.8%
Other	9.3%	8.6%	5.2%	6%	7.4%

Percentages of Civil/Criminal Affirmances:

Civil: % Affirmed	85%	82%	74%	88%	83%
Criminal: % Affirmed	86%	81%	82%	78%	82%

Average Days to Opinion:

Notice of Appeal to Opinion	162	172	192	169	--
Three-Judge Opinions	367	359	404	394	377
One-Judge Opinions	188	210	210	248	220
Per Curiam Opinions	387	393	404	393	394
Summary Dispositions
without No Merits	404	330	386	350	356
No Merit SMDs	243	249	197	343	265
Memo Opinions	145	111	84	99	111
Orders*	49	74	45	47	55
Fast Tracks	NA	184	263	172	199

*Does not include voluntary dismissals.

Terminations by Opinion:

Opinions	356	284	250	270	1160
Civil	180	157	152	175	664
Percentage	51%	55%	61%	65%	57%
Criminal	176	127	98	95	496
Percentage	49%	45%	39%	35%	43%
%s of Disposition: Affirmed Reversed Other	91% 6% 3%	80% 12% 8%	71% 21% 8%	78% 17% 5%	81% 13% 6%
Per Curiams	179	137	152	109	577
Writs by Opinion (incl. in totals)				2	2
Signed Opinions	177	147	98	161	583
1-Judge Opinions	39	74	47	82	242
3-Judge Opinions	138	73	51	79	341

Publication Data:

All Opinions*	306	247	223	273	1049
Percentage Published	14%	19%	16%	14%	16%
Considered**	126	66	43	84	319
Published Civil Criminal	43 27 16	47 30 17	36 25 11	38 31 7	164 113 51
Percentage	34%	71%	84%	45%	51%

* This figure reflects Dec 2009 and YTD Nov 2010 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	197	238	200	318	953
Affirmance	4	73	60	117	254
Reversals	8	8	8	11	35
No Merits	183	146	124	185	638
Rejected No Merits	35	17	5	23	80
Dismissals	1	4	4	0	9
Other	1	7	4	5	17
Memo Opinions	215	188	168	244	815
Jurisdiction	16	18	17	23	74
Dismissals	44	22	26	42	134
Other	84	66	69	87	306
Writs Denied, etc.	36	31	22	46	135
Writs Granted	4	5	0	9	18
Leaves Denied, etc.	31	46	34	37	148
Other	79	67	34	53	233
Voluntary Dismissals	40	42	16	41	139
Stipulations	1	2	2	0	5
Other	38	23	16	12	89

Other dismissed: 0

Motions and Petitions:

Motions	4148	2782	2255	2818	12003
Writs Terminated	40	36	22	55	153
Writs Granted	4	5	0	9	18
Leaves Terminated	32	49	37	41	159

Pending Cases:

12-31-10	628	480	423	488	2019
12-31-09	649	516	397	506	2068

SUPREME COURT ACTIVITY

Certifications Filed*	0	4	0	3	7
Certifications Granted	0	4	0	3	7
Bypasses Granted	0	0	0	0	0

*Consolidated cases counted as one.

Ct. App. Opinions Released	310	258	226	251	1045
Petitions filed on Opns.	169	99	79	94	441
Percentage Filed	55%	38%	35%	37%	42%
Petitions Filed	238	182	137	207	764
Civil	101	89	86	122	398
Criminal	137	93	51	85	366
Petitions Acted Upon	230	159	121	186	696
Granted	15	14	12	14	55
Civil	8	13	11	9	41
Criminal	7	1	1	5	14
SC Opinions on Petitions	14	13	4	19	50
Affirmed Civil Criminal	8 3 5	5 2 3	1 0 1	8 5 3	22 44% 10 20% 12 24%
Reversed Civil Criminal	4 2 2	5 3 2	2 2 0	7 5 2	18 36% 12 24% 6 12%
Other* Civil Criminal	2 1 1	3 3 0	1 1 0	4 2 2	10 20% 7 14% 3 6%

*Affirmed/remanded (5) ; affirmed/reversed/remanded; modified and affirmed (3); affirmed as modif. dispositions.