Negotiable instruments

in the District Court, D. South Carolina

797

Cases

45.8%

Ended before merits

365 of 797 cases

97.9%

Plaintiff win

of 432 merits judgments

86.4%

National rate

+11.5 pts here

Plaintiffs prevail on the merits 11.5 points more often here than across all federal courts — see every district.

How they closed

Plaintiff win53.1%
Dismissed31.5%
Settled13%
Defendant win1%
Remanded0.8%
Other0.5%
Mixed0.1%

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.