2001

COURT OF APPEALS - CASE LOAD STATISTICS

District I II III IV Total

Filings	993	850	738	840	3421
Civil	472	432	437	521	1862
Criminal	521	418	301	319	1559
Three-Judge	821	633	509	641	2604
One-Judge	172	217	229	199	817
Average filings per judge	248	213	246	168	214
No Merits	230	176	114	100	620
Writs	70	29	27	53	179
Granted	2	1	1	3	7
Leaves to Appeal	44	73	79	72	268
Granted	4	13	10	8	35
Matter of Right	649	572	518	615	2354

Submission	413	363	317	508	1601
Civil	202	220	208	331	961
Criminal	211	143	109	177	640
Cases on Briefs	406	348	314	495	1563
Civil	198	209	205	320	932
Criminal	208	139	109	175	631
Percentage on briefs	98%	96%	99%	97%	98%
Oral Arguments	7	15	3	13	38
Civil	4	11	3	11	29
Criminal	3	4	0	2	9
Percentage Orally Argued	2%	4%	1%	3%	2%

Total Terminations	936	877	722	984	3519
Average terminations per judge	234	219	241	197	220

Percentages of Total Terminations:

Opinion	26%	39%	48%	46%	40%
Summary Disposition	40%	30%	19%	22%	28%
Memo Opinion	25%	23%	27%	27%	25%
Other	8%	8%	6%	5%	7%

Percentages of Civil/Criminal Affirmances:

Civil: % Affirmed	79%	71%	72%	72%	73%
Criminal: % Affirmed	91%	89%	82%	90%	88%

Average Days to Disposition:

Notice of Appeal to Disposition	256	216	188	235	226
Three-Judge Opinions	378	317	264	367	335
One-Judge Opinions	176	183	148	187	173
Per Curiam Opinions	356	372	282	327	329
Summary Dispositions	326	214	217	256	267
Memo Opinions	99	103	78	93	93
Orders*	63	43	171	59	69
Fast Tracks	--	162	179	157	168

*Does not include voluntary dismissals.

Terminations by Opinion:

Opinions	247	344	350	457	1398
Civil	131	201	221	295	848
Percentage	53%	58%	63%	65%	61%
Criminal	116	143	129	162	550
Percentage	47%	42%	37%	35%	39%
%s of Disposition: Affirmed Reversed Other	73% 16% 11%	73% 19% 7%	71% 19% 9%	77% 17% 6%	74% 18% 8%
Per Curiams	114	113	156	193	576
No Merit Per Curiams	0	0	1	0	1
Signed Opinions	133	231	194	264	822
1-Judge Opinions*	48	112	102	107	369
3-Judge Opinions	85	119	92	157	453

* 1J Opinions were no merits: District III = 2

Publication Data:

All Opinions*	233	319	294	419	1265
Percentage Published	24%	31%	13%	22%	22%
Considered**	73	114	80	144	411
Published	55	98	39	92	284
Percentage	75%	86%	49%	64%	69%

* This figure reflects Dec 2000 and YTD Nov '01 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	377	262	134	214	987
Affirmance	160	97	45	93	395
Reversals	18	8	8	23	57
No Merits	187	143	75	97	502
Other	12	14	6	1	33
Memo Opinions	238	198	192	263	891
Jurisdiction	29	19	21	24	93
Other	99	75	69	117	360
Writs Denied, etc.	66	29	25	55	175
Writs Granted	2	1	1	3	7
Leaves Denied, etc.	42	74	76	64	256
Other	74	73	46	50	243
Voluntary Dismissals	34	51	39	39	163
Stipulations	7	5	4	0	16
Other	33	17	3	11	64

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

Motions	3122	2582	1578	2643	9925
Writs Terminated	68	30	26	58	182
Writs Granted	2	1	1	3	7
Leaves Terminated	42	74	76	64	256

Pending Cases:

12-31-01	656	478	372	507	2013
12-31-00	645	488	377	524	2034

SUPREME COURT ACTIVITY

Certifications Filed*	5	14	4	9	32
Certifications Granted	3	10	3	5	21
Bypasses Granted	0	0	1	0	1

*Consolidated cases counted as one.

Ct. App. Opinions Released	247	344	350	457	1398
Petitions filed on Opns.	144	156	120	197	617
Percentage Filed	58%	45%	34%	43%	44%
Petitions Filed	311	261	172	304	1048
Civil	149	133	83	192	557
Criminal	162	128	89	112	491
Petitions Acted Upon	306	270	170	292	1038
Granted	15	20	12	22	69
Civil	10	12	6	13	41
Criminal	5	8	6	9	28
SC Opinions on Petitions	19	9	20	24	72
Affirmed Civil Criminal*	9 6 3	3 1 2	10 10 0	12 8 4	34 47% 25 35% 9 13%
Reversed Civil Criminal	8 5 3	5 3 2	7 5 2	12 7 5	32 44% 20 28% 12 17%
Other** Civil Criminal	2 2 0	1 1 0	3 3 0	0 0 0	6 8% 6 8% 0

*Six consolidated cases counted as 1 in District I.

**Affirmed and remanded; affirmed in part, reversed in part; modified and affirmed dispositions.

Supreme Court Disposition of Reviews (8/1/78 - 12/31/01)

Filed	4862	4282	3736	4829	17709
Acted Upon	4831	4251	3712	4744	17538
Granted	496	377	349	504	1726