Miller act
Federal civil · Contract · 22,544 cases filed and closed (1988–present).
22,544
Cases filed
87.1%
Ended before a merits judgment
19,625 of 22,544 cases
66%
Plaintiff win
of 2,919 merits judgments
21.6%
Defendant win
of merits judgments
How they closed
- Dismissed46%
- Settled37.8%
- Plaintiff win8.5%
- Defendant win2.8%
- Transferred1.8%
- Mixed1.2%
- Other1.1%
- Decided — other0.4%
- Remanded0.3%
- Affirmed0%
- Denied0%
Where you file matters
The same claim resolves differently across districts. Plaintiff-win rate among merits judgments, busiest courts first.
- District Court, C.D. California1,277 cases · 148 decided86.5%
- District Court, E.D. Virginia1,093 cases · 135 decided69.6%
- District Court, S.D. California1,025 cases · 220 decided39.5%
- District Court, D. Maryland1,001 cases · 115 decided67%
- District Court, W.D. Texas787 cases · 132 decided65.2%
- District Court, D. Arizona721 cases · 130 decided69.2%
- District Court, E.D. California707 cases · 70 decided71.4%
- District Court, N.D. California684 cases · 109 decided60.6%
- District Court, M.D. Florida637 cases · 63 decided82.5%
- District Court, E.D. North Carolina592 cases · 98 decided82.7%
- District Court, W.D. Washington577 cases · 59 decided69.5%
- District Court, D. South Carolina559 cases · 69 decided69.6%
- District Court, District of Columbia533 cases · 59 decided67.8%
- District Court, D. Colorado518 cases · 62 decided77.4%
- District Court, D. Alaska483 cases · 50 decided64%
- District Court, D. New Jersey473 cases · 54 decided64.8%
- District Court, D. Massachusetts436 cases · 41 decided65.9%
- District Court, S.D. Florida421 cases · 47 decided83%
- District Court, N.D. Texas402 cases · 69 decided43.5%
- District Court, D. New Mexico388 cases · 60 decided66.7%
- District Court, N.D. Illinois384 cases · 47 decided74.5%
- District Court, D. Hawaii330 cases · 34 decided64.7%
- District Court, S.D. Texas328 cases · 35 decided54.3%
- District Court, E.D. Louisiana324 cases · 45 decided48.9%
- District Court, S.D. Georgia296 cases · 18 decided—
- District Court, E.D. New York289 cases · 29 decided—
- District Court, N.D. Florida269 cases · 25 decided—
- District Court, S.D. New York261 cases · 21 decided—
- District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania256 cases · 37 decided73%
- District Court, W.D. Louisiana249 cases · 32 decided59.4%
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.