Truth in lending
Federal civil · Torts · 15,063 cases filed and closed (1988–present).
15,063
Cases filed
84.5%
Ended before a merits judgment
12,727 of 15,063 cases
20.7%
Plaintiff win
of 2,336 merits judgments
70.4%
Defendant win
of merits judgments
How they closed
- Dismissed41.5%
- Settled33%
- Defendant win10.9%
- Remanded5.5%
- Transferred3.3%
- Plaintiff win3.2%
- Other1.1%
- Decided — other1%
- Mixed0.4%
- 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. California1,197 cases · 109 decided7.3%
- District Court, D. Connecticut1,145 cases · 141 decided66%
- District Court, N.D. Georgia1,029 cases · 293 decided10.9%
- District Court, N.D. Illinois1,016 cases · 97 decided29.9%
- District Court, D. Minnesota690 cases · 79 decided13.9%
- District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania601 cases · 46 decided41.3%
- District Court, E.D. Michigan477 cases · 83 decided18.1%
- District Court, E.D. Virginia425 cases · 54 decided37%
- District Court, D. Hawaii398 cases · 71 decided18.3%
- District Court, N.D. California379 cases · 80 decided13.8%
- District Court, D. New Jersey335 cases · 90 decided12.2%
- District Court, S.D. Florida331 cases · 27 decided—
- District Court, N.D. Alabama298 cases · 17 decided—
- District Court, S.D. California290 cases · 98 decided1%
- District Court, M.D. Florida281 cases · 26 decided—
- District Court, W.D. Michigan255 cases · 74 decided5.4%
- District Court, D. New Mexico251 cases · 32 decided68.8%
- District Court, S.D. Ohio250 cases · 23 decided—
- District Court, S.D. West Virginia240 cases · 11 decided—
- District Court, D. Nevada223 cases · 63 decided3.2%
- District Court, D. Massachusetts216 cases · 43 decided18.6%
- District Court, S.D. Mississippi202 cases · 16 decided—
- District Court, E.D. California192 cases · 29 decided—
- District Court, D. Maryland191 cases · 33 decided15.2%
- District Court, D. Arizona180 cases · 73 decided4.1%
- District Court, E.D. New York164 cases · 26 decided—
- District Court, N.D. Ohio160 cases · 20 decided—
- District Court, D. South Carolina151 cases · 25 decided—
- District Court, W.D. Washington143 cases · 44 decided6.8%
- District Court, M.D. Alabama135 cases · 17 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.