Negotiable instruments

in the District Court, W.D. Oklahoma

683

Cases

62.4%

Ended before merits

426 of 683 cases

88.7%

Plaintiff win

of 257 merits judgments

86.4%

National rate

+2.3 pts here

Plaintiffs prevail on the merits 2.3 points more often here than across all federal courts — see every district.

How they closed

Dismissed34%
Plaintiff win33.4%
Settled25.2%
Defendant win2.6%
Decided — other1.5%
Remanded1.5%
Transferred1.5%
Other0.3%
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.