Negotiable instruments

in the District Court, E.D. Louisiana

1,392

Cases

57.1%

Ended before merits

795 of 1,392 cases

86.6%

Plaintiff win

of 597 merits judgments

86.4%

National rate

+0.2 pts here

Plaintiffs prevail on the merits 0.2 points more often here than across all federal courts — see every district.

How they closed

Plaintiff win37.1%
Settled35.1%
Dismissed17.5%
Defendant win4.7%
Remanded2.9%
Transferred1.3%
Mixed0.9%
Other0.4%
Decided — 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.