Negotiable instruments

in the District Court, S.D. Florida

871

Cases

76.1%

Ended before merits

663 of 871 cases

86.1%

Plaintiff win

of 208 merits judgments

86.4%

National rate

-0.3 pts here

Plaintiffs prevail on the merits 0.3 points less often here than across all federal courts — see every district.

How they closed

Dismissed49.6%
Plaintiff win20.6%
Settled17.5%
Remanded5.7%
Defendant win3.1%
Transferred2.4%
Other0.9%
Decided — other0.1%
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.