Negotiable instruments

in the District Court, D. Connecticut

1,217

Cases

76.9%

Ended before merits

936 of 1,217 cases

87.2%

Plaintiff win

of 281 merits judgments

86.4%

National rate

+0.8 pts here

Plaintiffs prevail on the merits 0.8 points more often here than across all federal courts — see every district.

How they closed

Dismissed42.9%
Settled32.9%
Plaintiff win20.1%
Defendant win1.6%
Mixed1.2%
Remanded0.7%
Transferred0.3%
Decided — other0.2%
Other0.1%

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.