Financial & Securities
Securities, banking, RICO, and consumer-credit suits.
249,718 federal civil cases in this category. Across all of them:
- Dismissed46.4%
- Settled30.8%
- Defendant win5.7%
- Plaintiff win5.2%
- Other4.8%
- Transferred3.8%
- Remanded2%
- Mixed0.7%
- Decided — other0.6%
- Affirmed0%
- Denied0%
By claim type
- Consumer credit131,986 cases · 7,752 reached a judgment38.1%plaintiff win
- Securities, Commodities, Exchange71,135 cases · 14,571 reached a judgment51.5%plaintiff win
- Civil (RICO)31,055 cases · 5,494 reached a judgment28.3%plaintiff win
- Banks and banking14,095 cases · 2,668 reached a judgment38.3%plaintiff win
- Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA)1,447 cases · 26 reached a judgmentsmall sample
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.