Real Property
Foreclosure, condemnation, and land disputes.
265,525 federal civil cases in this category. Across all of them:
- Dismissed34.4%
- Plaintiff win31.6%
- Settled12.7%
- Remanded8.5%
- Defendant win7.1%
- Transferred1.9%
- Other1.8%
- Decided — other1.3%
- Mixed0.7%
- Affirmed0%
- Denied0%
By claim type
- Foreclosure168,632 cases · 88,585 reached a judgment87.6%plaintiff win
- Other real property actions46,492 cases · 9,207 reached a judgment30.8%plaintiff win
- Land condemnation16,410 cases · 6,293 reached a judgment26.1%plaintiff win
- Rent, lease, ejectment14,493 cases · 1,783 reached a judgment70.7%plaintiff win
- Torts to land13,134 cases · 1,760 reached a judgment26.9%plaintiff win
- Tort product liability6,364 cases · 491 reached a judgment20.4%plaintiff win
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.