Insurance
Federal civil · Contract · 315,499 cases filed and closed (1988–present).
315,499
Cases filed
85.5%
Ended before a merits judgment
269,627 of 315,499 cases
38.8%
Plaintiff win
of 45,872 merits judgments
49.7%
Defendant win
of merits judgments
How they closed
- Settled41.8%
- Dismissed30.7%
- Defendant win7.2%
- Remanded6.9%
- Plaintiff win5.6%
- Other4.1%
- Transferred2.1%
- Decided — other0.9%
- Mixed0.7%
- Affirmed0%
- Denied0%
Where you file matters
The same claim resolves differently across districts. Plaintiff-win rate among merits judgments, busiest courts first.
- District Court, E.D. Louisiana21,318 cases · 1,703 decided18.1%
- District Court, C.D. California17,423 cases · 1,834 decided32%
- District Court, S.D. Texas15,543 cases · 1,366 decided32.4%
- District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania13,149 cases · 1,861 decided55.3%
- District Court, S.D. Florida12,307 cases · 1,070 decided46.6%
- District Court, M.D. Florida10,080 cases · 1,041 decided46.8%
- District Court, S.D. Mississippi8,934 cases · 1,216 decided35.9%
- District Court, D. New Jersey8,161 cases · 1,119 decided34.2%
- District Court, N.D. Texas8,118 cases · 1,026 decided32.5%
- District Court, N.D. Illinois7,829 cases · 1,336 decided52.2%
- District Court, N.D. California6,933 cases · 1,294 decided31.9%
- District Court, S.D. New York6,549 cases · 837 decided41.9%
- District Court, D. South Carolina6,438 cases · 979 decided47.9%
- District Court, D. Colorado5,977 cases · 669 decided28%
- District Court, N.D. Georgia5,834 cases · 1,510 decided39.3%
- District Court, E.D. Michigan5,698 cases · 1,320 decided35.3%
- District Court, E.D. New York5,467 cases · 546 decided50.5%
- District Court, N.D. Alabama5,447 cases · 538 decided47.8%
- District Court, W.D. Texas5,305 cases · 708 decided34.9%
- District Court, D. Nevada4,682 cases · 565 decided38.2%
- District Court, W.D. Louisiana4,680 cases · 503 decided26%
- District Court, W.D. Washington4,550 cases · 574 decided38%
- District Court, E.D. Texas4,307 cases · 235 decided43%
- District Court, W.D. Oklahoma4,194 cases · 666 decided47.3%
- District Court, D. Arizona4,172 cases · 711 decided37.6%
- District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania3,510 cases · 679 decided41.1%
- District Court, E.D. Missouri3,479 cases · 614 decided42.8%
- District Court, E.D. California3,410 cases · 462 decided31.8%
- District Court, N.D. Ohio3,367 cases · 579 decided30.2%
- District Court, D. Maryland3,245 cases · 713 decided36.5%
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.