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Federal civil · Intellectual Property · 109,450 cases filed and closed (1988–present).
109,450
Cases filed
76.3%
Ended before a merits judgment
83,534 of 109,450 cases
75.7%
Plaintiff win
of 25,916 merits judgments
10.9%
Defendant win
of merits judgments
How they closed
- Dismissed40%
- Settled31.2%
- Plaintiff win17.9%
- Defendant win2.6%
- Other2.5%
- Transferred2.1%
- Mixed1.8%
- Decided — other1.4%
- Remanded0.4%
- Affirmed0%
- Denied0%
Where you file matters
The same claim resolves differently across districts. Plaintiff-win rate among merits judgments, busiest courts first.
- District Court, C.D. California14,537 cases · 2,976 decided80.3%
- District Court, S.D. New York9,897 cases · 2,289 decided76.1%
- District Court, N.D. Illinois7,004 cases · 2,418 decided87.3%
- District Court, S.D. Florida5,710 cases · 2,001 decided89.8%
- District Court, N.D. California4,467 cases · 963 decided60.6%
- District Court, D. New Jersey4,233 cases · 1,057 decided80.8%
- District Court, M.D. Florida3,285 cases · 751 decided83.4%
- District Court, E.D. New York3,105 cases · 730 decided72.3%
- District Court, N.D. Georgia2,575 cases · 676 decided75.3%
- District Court, N.D. Texas2,473 cases · 566 decided72.1%
- District Court, E.D. Michigan2,418 cases · 749 decided76.2%
- District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania2,345 cases · 379 decided81%
- District Court, D. Massachusetts2,271 cases · 463 decided61.3%
- District Court, D. Minnesota2,267 cases · 253 decided50.6%
- District Court, S.D. Texas2,205 cases · 468 decided65%
- District Court, D. Arizona2,188 cases · 622 decided80.1%
- District Court, E.D. Virginia2,032 cases · 579 decided85%
- District Court, S.D. California1,824 cases · 452 decided66.2%
- District Court, W.D. Washington1,718 cases · 291 decided60.5%
- District Court, D. Colorado1,663 cases · 374 decided71.1%
- District Court, N.D. Ohio1,647 cases · 290 decided72.1%
- District Court, D. Nevada1,632 cases · 483 decided82.2%
- District Court, W.D. Texas1,463 cases · 349 decided66.8%
- District Court, D. Utah1,407 cases · 239 decided77.4%
- District Court, D. Maryland1,224 cases · 284 decided75.4%
- District Court, S.D. Ohio1,155 cases · 244 decided52%
- District Court, D. Connecticut1,104 cases · 226 decided58.4%
- District Court, D. Oregon964 cases · 199 decided63.8%
- District Court, E.D. California896 cases · 146 decided58.9%
- District Court, E.D. Missouri881 cases · 204 decided76.5%
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.