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Federal civil · Torts · 212,595 cases filed and closed (1988–present).
212,595
Cases filed
93.4%
Ended before a merits judgment
198,667 of 212,595 cases
0.3%
Plaintiff win
of 13,928 merits judgments
98.5%
Defendant win
of merits judgments
How they closed
- Other48.1%
- Settled20.1%
- Dismissed17.5%
- Transferred7.3%
- Defendant win6.5%
- Remanded0.5%
- Mixed0.1%
- Decided — other0%
- Plaintiff win0%
- Affirmed0%
Where you file matters
The same claim resolves differently across districts. Plaintiff-win rate among merits judgments, busiest courts first.
- District Court, D. New Jersey64,399 cases · 534 decided0.6%
- District Court, E.D. Louisiana47,631 cases · 46 decided—
- District Court, D. Minnesota13,052 cases · 5,263 decided—
- District Court, S.D. Ohio9,545 cases · 6 decided—
- District Court, N.D. Ohio8,919 cases · 13 decided—
- District Court, S.D. Indiana7,317 cases · 103 decided1%
- District Court, N.D. Illinois6,976 cases · 727 decided0.4%
- District Court, D. Massachusetts5,492 cases · 817 decided—
- District Court, N.D. Georgia4,786 cases · 43 decided2.3%
- District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania4,574 cases · 134 decided0.7%
- District Court, N.D. Texas4,522 cases · 16 decided—
- District Court, W.D. Louisiana3,451 cases · 8 decided—
- District Court, D. South Carolina3,367 cases · 2,599 decided0%
- District Court, N.D. Florida3,213 cases · 2 decided—
- District Court, S.D. New York2,810 cases · 1,458 decided—
- District Court, D. New Hampshire2,074 cases · 1 decided—
- District Court, N.D. California1,752 cases · 894 decided0.1%
- District Court, E.D. New York1,592 cases · 62 decided3.2%
- District Court, District of Columbia1,344 cases · — decided—
- District Court, E.D. Missouri1,310 cases · — decided—
- District Court, S.D. Florida1,297 cases · — decided—
- District Court, S.D. California1,262 cases · 802 decided0.1%
- District Court, C.D. California1,007 cases · 17 decided—
- District Court, N.D. Indiana955 cases · 12 decided—
- District Court, M.D. Georgia903 cases · 194 decided0.5%
- District Court, D. Maryland783 cases · 23 decided—
- District Court, M.D. Florida654 cases · 5 decided—
- District Court, E.D. Kentucky573 cases · 15 decided—
- District Court, S.D. Illinois472 cases · 2 decided—
- District Court, D. Delaware385 cases · — decided—
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.