Other real property actions
Federal civil · Real Property · 46,492 cases filed and closed (1988–present).
46,492
Cases filed
80.2%
Ended before a merits judgment
37,285 of 46,492 cases
30.8%
Plaintiff win
of 9,207 merits judgments
58.9%
Defendant win
of merits judgments
How they closed
- Dismissed42%
- Settled20.4%
- Remanded13%
- Defendant win11.7%
- Plaintiff win6.1%
- Transferred2.5%
- Other2.2%
- Decided — other1.1%
- Mixed0.9%
- 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. California4,866 cases · 409 decided13.9%
- District Court, S.D. Texas2,338 cases · 419 decided26.3%
- District Court, N.D. Texas1,963 cases · 450 decided20.4%
- District Court, D. Nevada1,864 cases · 555 decided36%
- District Court, W.D. Texas1,615 cases · 361 decided17.2%
- District Court, E.D. Michigan1,490 cases · 427 decided21.8%
- District Court, N.D. California1,451 cases · 271 decided14%
- District Court, E.D. California1,172 cases · 213 decided14.6%
- District Court, S.D. Florida1,124 cases · 102 decided40.2%
- District Court, M.D. Florida1,047 cases · 94 decided41.5%
- District Court, E.D. Texas883 cases · 57 decided28.1%
- District Court, S.D. Mississippi860 cases · 137 decided33.6%
- District Court, D. Massachusetts841 cases · 244 decided21.7%
- District Court, D. Maryland824 cases · 160 decided50.6%
- District Court, D. Utah818 cases · 149 decided35.6%
- District Court, S.D. California755 cases · 206 decided11.7%
- District Court, W.D. Washington745 cases · 197 decided21.8%
- District Court, S.D. New York736 cases · 94 decided25.5%
- District Court, E.D. New York732 cases · 112 decided24.1%
- District Court, D. Colorado725 cases · 164 decided30.5%
- District Court, D. Arizona695 cases · 258 decided22.5%
- District Court, N.D. Georgia684 cases · 226 decided26.5%
- District Court, N.D. Illinois660 cases · 99 decided32.3%
- District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania627 cases · 64 decided60.9%
- District Court, District of Columbia574 cases · 112 decided30.4%
- District Court, D. New Jersey549 cases · 119 decided35.3%
- District Court, E.D. Virginia546 cases · 65 decided33.8%
- District Court, E.D. Louisiana522 cases · 118 decided28%
- District Court, D. Minnesota479 cases · 120 decided25%
- District Court, W.D. Louisiana478 cases · 100 decided38%
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.