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Movement of Civil Cases 1984-85 to 2010-11 - PDF
This table provides statewide historical information on the number of civil cases added to and disposed from the total docket and the number of cases pending at the end of the fiscal year. The table dates back to the 1984-85 fiscal year. In addition, the table shows the movement of cases added (claimed), disposed and pending on two major civil trial lists (jury trial and court trial list) which are subsets of the total docket. Note that many cases are never claimed to a trial list during the life of the case.

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Type of Case	Date Range (PDFs)
Civil Cases on Docket	July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011 July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010 July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009 July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2008

Civil Cases Added by Case Type for the Years 1993-94 to 2010-11 - PDF
Civil Cases Added by Case Type for the Years 1992-93 to 2009-10 - PDF
Civil Cases Added by Case Type for the Years 1991-92 to 2008-09 - PDF
These tables present historical statewide data regarding civil cases added and disposed, starting with fiscal year 1991-92. The tables break down civil cases into eight major case types:

Appeal from Administrative Decisions Contracts Eminent Domain Property	Torts Vehicular Torts Wills, Estates and Trusts Miscellaneous
The information is further broken down for each major category, showing subtypes under each major case type.

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Note on Table Creation: The information in the tables comes from databases that are always being updated. As a result, the tables only show the information that was in the databases on the day they were created. Information in the databases can change because cases that were disposed at the time the table was created were later reopened, or because of the late entry of data. Because of this, all of the tables are created on the 5th business day after the close of the fiscal year.

Added case: A case that is entered into one of the Judicial Branch’s automated systems.
Claimed case: A case in which a party or the party’s attorney (in a civil or family case) enters a claim that a case be placed onto a trial list.
Disposed case: A case in which a decision has been made.
Fiscal year: July 1^st through June 30^th.
Pending case: A case in which a decision has not been made.

Civil Case Charts Glossary

Basic workload unit is the case (docket number). A party/parties can have several cases in the civil system.

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