Negotiable instruments

in the District Court, S.D. Mississippi

465

Cases

55.5%

Ended before merits

258 of 465 cases

83.6%

Plaintiff win

of 207 merits judgments

86.4%

National rate

-2.8 pts here

Plaintiffs prevail on the merits 2.8 points less often here than across all federal courts — see every district.

How they closed

Plaintiff win37.2%
Dismissed29.9%
Settled21.7%
Defendant win4.3%
Decided — other1.7%
Transferred1.5%
Remanded1.3%
Mixed1.3%
Other1.1%

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.