2011

COURT OF APPEALS - CASE LOAD STATISTICS

District I II III IV Total

Filings	787	692	618	773	2870
Civil	391	353	377	471	1592
Criminal	396	339	241	302	1278
Adjusted Caseload*	-69	+11	-48	+114
Three-Judge	640	559	483	610	2292
One-Judge	147	133	135	163	578
Average filings per judge	197	173	206	155	179
*Adjusted average/judge	179	175	190	177	179
No Merits/Transfer Adjustment	228/189	110/135	93/97	114/124	545
Writs	54	30	30	59	173
Granted	4	3	1	1	9
Leaves to Appeal	31	46	27	35	139
Granted	2	6	1	6	15
Matter of Right	474	506	468	565	2013

Submission	302	281	216	403	1202
Civil	130	155	142	283	710
Criminal	172	126	74	120	492
Cases on Briefs	291	277	216	395	1179
Civil	122	152	142	278	694
Criminal	169	125	74	117	485
Percentage on briefs	96%	99%	100%	98%	98%
Oral Arguments	11	4	0	8	23
Civil	8	3	0	5	16
Criminal	3	1	0	3	7
Percentage Orally Argued	4%	1%	0%	2%	2%

Total Terminations	810	732	612	803	2957
Average terminations per judge	203	183	204	161	185

Percentages of Total Terminations:

Opinion	43%	38%	42%	33%	39%
Summary Disposition	24%	32%	19%	29%	26%
Memo Opinion	25%	23%	33%	31%	28%
Other	8%	7%	6%	7%	7%

Percentages of Civil/Criminal Affirmances:

Civil: % Affirmed	95%	88%	76%	83%	85%
Criminal: % Affirmed	86%	87%	81%	80%	84%

Average Days to Opinion:

Notice of Appeal to Opinion	367	323	323	369	347
Three-Judge Opinions	386	347	413	419	392
One-Judge Opinions	218	210	184	235	213
Per Curiam Opinions	392	381	356	399	380
Summary Dispositions
without No Merits	380	329	282	384	353
No Merit SMDs	243	188	160	284	221
Memo Opinions	144	104	75	93	103
Orders*	46	70	28	56	56
Fast Tracks	NA	184	199	139	182

*Does not include voluntary dismissals.

Terminations by Opinion:

Opinions	345	275	258	267	1145
Civil	164	158	154	187	663
Percentage	48%	57%	60%	70%	58%
Criminal	181	117	104	80	482
Percentage	52%	43%	40%	30%	42%
%s of Disposition: Affirmed Reversed Other	94% 4% 3%	85% 13% 2%	76% 19% 6%	77% 15% 7%	84% 12% 4%
Per Curiams	178	120	166	82	546
Signed Opinions	167	155	92	185	599
1-Judge Opinions	54	86	54	77	271
3-Judge Opinions*	113	69	38	108	328

* 1 District I 3-Judge opinion writ

Publication Data:

All Opinions*	319	245	248	240	1052
Percentage Published	15%	19%	11%	13%	14%
Considered**	101	68	39	91	299
Published Civil Criminal	48 29 19	46 36.5 9.5	27 20 7	31 26 5	152 111.5 40.5
Percentage	48%	68%	69%	34%	51%

* This figure reflects Dec 2010 and YTD Nov 2011 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	195	236	114	229	774
Affirmance	12	87	21	115	235
Reversals	1	5	4	8	18
No Merits	180	142	86	105	513
Rejected No Merits	28	13	6	15	62
Dismissals	1	0	2	0	3
Other	1	2	1	1	5
Memo Opinions	204	169	205	252	830
Jurisdiction	14	29	26	30	99
Dismissals	36	12	54	52	154
Other	64	63	67	84	278
Writs Denied, etc.	53	27	29	54	163
Writs Granted	4	3	1	1	9
Leaves Denied, etc.	33	35	28	31	127
Other	66	52	35	55	208
Voluntary Dismissals	42	41	18	41	142
Dismissals	1	0	0	3	4
Stipulations	0	2	0	2	4
Other	23	9	17	9	58

Motions and Petitions:

Motions	4200	2669	2359	3154	12382
Writs Terminated	57	30	30	55	172
Writs Granted	4	3	1	1	9
Leaves Terminated	35	41	29	37	142

Pending Cases:

12-31-11	550	480	403	564	1997
12-31-10	628	480	423	488	2019

SUPREME COURT ACTIVITY

Certifications Filed*	1	4	2	7	14
Certifications Granted	1	5	2	5	13
Bypasses Granted	1	0	0	1	2

*Consolidated cases counted as one.

Ct. App. Opinions Released	310	245	244	244	1043
Petitions filed on Opns.	165	114	91	90	460
Percentage Filed	53%	47%	37%	37%	44%
Petitions Filed	260	201	140	191	792
Civil	118	88	71	116	393
Criminal	142	113	69	75	399
Petitions Acted Upon	241	198	143	200	782
Granted	13	14	15	15	57
Civil	10	7	9	8	34
Criminal	3	7	6	7	23
SC Opinions on Petitions	11	12	15	14	52
Affirmed Civil Criminal	5 2 3	3 3 0	6 4 2	12 8 4	26 50% 17 33% 9 17%
Reversed Civil Criminal	5 2 3	6 6 0	8 6 2	2 0 2	21 40% 14 27% 7 13%
Other* Civil Criminal	1 1 0	3 2 1	1 1 0	0 0 0	5 10% 4 8% 1 2%

*Affirmed in part, reversed in part (3); modified and affirmed dispositions (2).