In Memoriam:

Judge Ted E. Wedemeyer, Jr.

Court of Appeals, District I
2008

COURT OF APPEALS - CASE LOAD STATISTICS

District I II III IV Total

Filings	856	827	659	760	3102
Civil	382	389	355	452	1578
Criminal	474	438	304	308	1524
Adjusted Caseload*	-88	-48	-5	+141
Three-Judge	741	674	510	596	2521
One-Judge	115	153	149	164	581
Average filings per judge	214	207	220	152	194
*Adjusted average/judge	192	195	218	180	194
No Merits/Transfer Adjustment	282/245	186	135	118/155	721
Writs	68	35	33	71	207
Granted	3	5	1	6	15
Leaves to Appeal	38	72	52	43	205
Granted	8	10	6	9	33
Matter of Right	468	534	439	528	1969

Submission	319	283	244	338	1184
Civil	141	155	149	211	656
Criminal	178	128	95	127	528
Cases on Briefs	306	274	241	336	1157
Civil	134	150	146	210	640
Criminal	172	124	95	126	517
Percentage on briefs	96%	97%	99%	99%	98%
Oral Arguments	13	9	3	2	27
Civil	7	5	3	1	16
Criminal	6	4	0	1	11
Percentage Orally Argued	4%	3%	1%	1%	2%

Total Terminations	814	752	629	883	3078
Average terminations per judge	204	188	210	177	192

Percentages of Total Terminations:

Opinion	40%	36%	33%	36%	36%
Summary Disposition	31%	28%	30%	29%	30%
Memo Opinion	25%	29%	32%	28%	28%
Other	5%	7%	5%	7%	6%

Percentages of Civil/Criminal Affirmances:

Civil: % Affirmed	81%	78%	69%	79%	77%
Criminal: % Affirmed	91%	87%	86%	83%	87%

Average Days to Opinion:

Notice of Appeal to Opinion	151	173	120	175	245
Three-Judge Opinions	347	372	291	380	355
One-Judge Opinions	171	199	161	228	201
Per Curiam Opinions	422	422	300	395	382
Summary Dispositions
without No Merits	290	369	246	372	336
No Merit SMDs	301	198	150	299	253
Memo Opinions	139	102	78	99	104
Orders*	58	108	46	30	65
Fast Tracks	NA	142	189	170	171

*Does not include voluntary dismissals.

Terminations by Opinion:

Opinions	324	273	206	316	1119
Civil	160	158	126	216	660
Percentage	49%	58%	61%	68%	59%
Criminal	164	115	80	100	459
Percentage	51%	42%	39%	32%	41%
%s of Disposition: Affirmed Reversed Other	88% 9% 3%	80% 12% 8%	67% 23% 9%	74% 18% 7%	78% 15% 6%
Per Curiams	164	116	128	130	538
Signed Opinions	160	157	78	186	581
1-Judge Opinions*	26	84	38	88	236
3-Judge Opinions	134	73	40	98	345

Publication Data:

All Opinions*	311	246	192	289	1038
Percentage Published	16%	21%	10%	19%	17%
Considered**	131	74	32	96	333
Published	51	51	20	54	176
Percentage	39%	69%	63%	56%	53%

* This figure reflects Dec 2007 and YTD Nov 2008 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	249	213	189	258	909
Affirmance	1	57	42	75	175
Reversals	1	9	7	9	26
No Merits	248	143	131	170	692
Other	1	4	9	4	18
Memo Opinions	204	215	203	249	871
Jurisdiction	18	36	27	28	109
Other	101	86	96	110	393
Writs Denied, etc.	55	30	33	64	182
Writs Granted	3	5	1	6	15
Leaves Denied, etc.	27	58	46	41	172
Other	37	51	31	60	179
Voluntary Dismissals	14	36	17	54	121
Stipulations	2	4	3	0	9
Other	21	11	11	6	49

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

Motions	3597	2923	2179	2736	11435
Writs Terminated	58	35	34	70	197
Writs Granted	3	5	1	6	15
Leaves Terminated	35	68	52	50	205

Pending Cases:

12-31-08	622	562	332	492	2008
12-31-07	654	459	313	480	1906

SUPREME COURT ACTIVITY

Certifications Filed*	0	5	2	7	14
Certifications Granted	2	0	1	6	9
Bypasses Granted	0	0	0	0	0

*Consolidated cases counted as one.

Ct. App. Opinions Released	305	250	190	291	1036
Petitions filed on Opns.	166	100	80	136	482
Percentage Filed	54%	40%	42%	47%	47%
Petitions Filed	220	174	145	226	765
Civil	102	88	77	139	406
Criminal	118	86	68	87	359
Petitions Acted Upon	219	179	144	247	789
Granted	17	10	10	21	58
Civil	14	8	5	12	39
Criminal	3	2	5	9	19
SC Opinions on Petitions	16	15	12	15	58
Affirmed Civil Criminal	6 6 0	7 4 3	7 5 2	6 4 2	26 45% 19 33% 7 12%
Reversed Civil Criminal	8 5 3	3 2 1	3 0 3	7 4 3	21 36% 11 19% 10 17%
Other* Civil Criminal	2 2 0	5 5 0	2 2 0	2 2 0	11 19% 11 19% 0 0%

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

Supreme Court Disposition of Reviews (8/1/78 - 12/31/08)

Filed	6751	5643	4919	6639	23952
Acted Upon	6771	5611	4908	6508	23798
Granted	619	499	467	694	2279