Negotiable instruments

in the District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania

903

Cases

69.5%

Ended before merits

628 of 903 cases

94.2%

Plaintiff win

of 275 merits judgments

86.4%

National rate

+7.8 pts here

Plaintiffs prevail on the merits 7.8 points more often here than across all federal courts — see every district.

How they closed

Dismissed35.4%
Settled29.1%
Plaintiff win28.7%
Transferred1.8%
Remanded1.8%
Defendant win1.7%
Other1.4%
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.