Civil Rights
Discrimination, voting, ADA, §1983, and constitutional claims.
1,214,327 federal civil cases in this category. Across all of them:
- Dismissed39.7%
- Settled32.9%
- Defendant win15.7%
- Other3.5%
- Plaintiff win2.3%
- Remanded2.3%
- Transferred1.7%
- Decided — other1.2%
- Mixed0.6%
- Affirmed0.1%
- Denied0%
By claim type
- Civil rights other531,796 cases · 113,295 reached a judgment10.5%plaintiff win
- Civil rights jobs525,264 cases · 110,645 reached a judgment11%plaintiff win
- Civil rights ADA other86,059 cases · 5,006 reached a judgment35.9%plaintiff win
- Civil rights ADA employment30,228 cases · 4,264 reached a judgment7.6%plaintiff win
- Civil rights accomodations27,116 cases · 4,153 reached a judgment32.7%plaintiff win
- Civil rights voting6,169 cases · 1,942 reached a judgment30.7%plaintiff win
- Education5,462 cases · 941 reached a judgment17.7%plaintiff win
- Civil rights welfare2,233 cases · 609 reached a judgment28.9%plaintiff win
Source: FJC Integrated Database (public domain), via CourtListener — federal civil cases filed and terminated, 1988–present. Figures are descriptive statistics about how cases of a given type have closed in a given court. They describe the historical record — not a prediction or assessment of any specific case. Not legal advice.