Negotiable instruments

in the District Court, E.D. Tennessee

443

Cases

60.7%

Ended before merits

269 of 443 cases

86.2%

Plaintiff win

of 174 merits judgments

86.4%

National rate

-0.2 pts here

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

How they closed

Dismissed40.4%
Plaintiff win33.9%
Settled18.7%
Decided — other2.7%
Defendant win2.3%
Remanded1.1%
Mixed0.5%
Transferred0.2%
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.