Negotiable instruments

in the District Court, District of Columbia

504

Cases

69.6%

Ended before merits

351 of 504 cases

88.9%

Plaintiff win

of 153 merits judgments

86.4%

National rate

+2.5 pts here

Plaintiffs prevail on the merits 2.5 points more often here than across all federal courts — see every district.

How they closed

Dismissed35.1%
Plaintiff win27%
Settled17.1%
Transferred16.5%
Defendant win3%
Remanded0.8%
Mixed0.4%
Other0.2%

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.