Contract

By claim type

• Other contract actions

  552,285 cases · 112,470 reached a judgment
  63.5%

  plaintiff win
• Insurance

  315,499 cases · 45,872 reached a judgment
  38.8%

  plaintiff win
• Recovery of defaulted student loans

  166,903 cases · 116,573 reached a judgment
  97.4%

  plaintiff win
• Marine contract actions

  70,279 cases · 12,225 reached a judgment
  79.1%

  plaintiff win
• Recovery of overpayments of vet benefits

  46,450 cases · 22,144 reached a judgment
  96.4%

  plaintiff win
• Negotiable instruments

  40,520 cases · 15,121 reached a judgment
  86.4%

  plaintiff win
• Miller act

  22,544 cases · 2,919 reached a judgment
  66%

  plaintiff win
• Overpayments & enforcement of judgments

  14,369 cases · 4,325 reached a judgment
  80.5%

  plaintiff win
• Contract product liability

  12,227 cases · 1,351 reached a judgment
  43.8%

  plaintiff win
• Stockholder's suits

  11,368 cases · 1,673 reached a judgment
  30%

  plaintiff win
• Contract franchise

  5,680 cases · 1,218 reached a judgment
  76.8%

  plaintiff win
• Overpayments under the medicare act

  4,621 cases · 953 reached a judgment
  34%

  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.