2003

COURT OF APPEALS - CASE LOAD STATISTICS

District I II III IV Total

Filings	1002	932	683	836	3453
Civil	455	553	383	511	1902
Criminal	547	379	300	325	1551
Adjusted Caseload*	-90	-8	+35	+63
Three-Judge	822	746	519	680	2767
One-Judge	180	186	164	156	686
Average filings per judge	251	233	228	167	216
*Adjusted average/judge	228	231	239	180	216
No Merits	258	146	128	114	646
Writs	55	109	26	50	240
Granted	1	0	2	5	8
Leaves to Appeal	32	57	51	57	197
Granted	7	17	8	13	45
Matter of Right	657	620	478	615	2370

* Numbers reflect cases exchanged due to workload and no merit transfer and panel disqualification. These figures do not reflect consolidation.

Submission	342	312	243	380	1277
Civil	177	187	156	237	757
Criminal	165	125	87	143	520
Cases on Briefs	322	302	237	368	1229
Civil	160	181	151	225	717
Criminal	162	121	86	143	512
Percentage on briefs	94%	97%	98%	97%	96%
Oral Arguments	20	10	6	12	48
Civil	17	6	5	12	40
Criminal	3	4	1	0	8
Percentage Orally Argued	6%	3%	2%	3%	4%

Total Terminations	921	856	711	964	3452
Average terminations per judge	230	214	237	193	216

Percentages of Total Terminations:

Opinion	28%	34%	40%	40%	35%
Summary Disposition	43%	27%	30%	25%	31%
Memo Opinion	22%	31%	26%	29%	27%
Other	7%	9%	4%	6%	7%

Percentages of Civil/Criminal Affirmances:

Civil: % Affirmed	78%	83%	73%	76%	77%
Criminal: % Affirmed	92%	89%	90%	90%	91%

Average Days to Disposition:

Notice of Appeal to Disposition	255	193	158	225	212
Three-Judge Opinions	338	314	238	390	327
One-Judge Opinions	161	206	172	255	199
Per Curiam Opinions	310	360	267	316	312
Summary Dispositions	343	208	206	233	263
without No Merits	372	254	205	261	302
No Merit SMDs	299	155	204	209	226
Memo Opinions	115	87	73	85	90
Orders*	37	55	34	26	42
Fast Tracks	NA	146	178	164	164

*Does not include voluntary dismissals.

Terminations by Opinion:

Opinions	254	290	282	387	1213
Civil	176	182	177	225	760
Percentage	69%	63%	63%	58%	63%
Criminal	78	108	105	162	453
Percentage	31%	37%	37%	42%	37%
%s of Disposition: Affirmed Reversed Other	74% 12% 14%	80% 12% 8%	77% 16% 7%	76% 12% 11%	77% 13% 10%
Per Curiams	90	89	109	159	447
Signed Opinions	164	201	173	228	766
1-Judge Opinions*	103	106	89	102	400
3-Judge Opinions	61	95	84	126	366

Publication Data:

All Opinions*	210	273	252	332	1067
Percentage Published	22%	29%	18%	23%	23%
Considered**	49	95	79	117	340
Published	47	79	46	75	247
Percentage	96%	83%	58%	64%	73%

* This figure reflects Dec '02 and YTD Nov '03 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	394	230	211	239	1074
Affirmance	211	105	51	103	470
Reversals	14	3	12	1	30
No Merits	166	116	148	133	563
Other	3	6	0	2	11
Memo Opinions	207	263	188	277	935
Jurisdiction	22	27	27	37	113
Other	102	74	87	102	365
Writs Denied, etc.	45	100	23	77	245
Writs Granted	1	0	2	5	8
Leaves Denied, etc.	37	62	49	56	204
Other	66	73	30	61	230
Voluntary Dismissals	37	48	26	50	161
Stipulations	3	7	0	0	10
Other	26	18	4	11	59

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

Motions	3231	2735	1712	2433	10111
Writs Terminated	46	100	25	82	253
Writs Granted	1	0	2	5	8
Leaves Terminated	37	62	49	56	204

Pending Cases:

12-31-2003	632	506	339	522	1999
12-31-2002	654	442	320	519	1935

SUPREME COURT ACTIVITY

Certifications Filed*	2	8	2	6	18
Certifications Granted*	2	8	2	5	17
Bypasses Granted	0	0	0	0	0

*Consolidated cases counted as one.

Ct. App. Opinions Released	254	290	282	387	1213
Petitions filed on Opns.	124	137	121	164	546
Percentage Filed	49%	47%	43%	42%	45%
Petitions Filed	325	214	202	257	998
Civil	159	107	112	139	517
Criminal	166	107	90	118	481
Petitions Acted Upon	312	213	205	254	984
Granted	17	27	37	26	107
Civil	13	18	34	19	84
Criminal	4	9	3	7	23
SC Opinions on Petitions	10	15	16	30	71
Affirmed Civil Criminal	1 1 0	2 0 2	7 6 1	16 10 6	26 37% 17 24% 9 13%
Reversed Civil Criminal	8 4 4	8 5 3	8 7 1	11 9 2	35 49% 25 35% 10 14%
Other* Civil Criminal	1 1 0	5 3 2	1 1 0	3 3 0	10 14% 8 11% 2 3%

*Affirmed/remanded; affirmed/reversed in part; modified/affirmed/ remanded to Court of Appeals dispositions.

Supreme Court Disposition of Reviews (8/1/78 - 12/31/03)

Filed	5481	4716	4143	5386	19726
Acted Upon	5421	4684	4122	5312	19539
Granted	528	413	402	562	1905