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**Cases filed**[1]
**Total cases on docket**
**Cases disposed**
**Cases remaining**1878
-
1,138
-
-1879
-
1,206
-
7951880
417
1,212
369
8431881
411
1,254
403
8511882
434
1,275
390
8741883
439
1,313
450
8481884
477
1,325
464
8551885
493
1,348
444
9041886
499
1,403
455
9481887
489
1,437
422
1,0151888
556
1,571
423
1,1481889
500
1,648
468
1,1801890
636
1,816
617
1,1991891
383
1,582
503
1,0791892
290
1,369
430
9411893
280
1,214
503
7211894
341
1,062
415
6471895
386
1,033
494
5391896
295
834
447
3871897
302
689
373
3161898
523
839
531
3081899
384
692
375
3171900
406
723
377
3461901
386
732
377
3551902
391
746
427
3191903
430
749
454
2951904
403
698
406
2921905
502
794
477
3171906
484
801
449
3521907
480
832
403
4291908
494
923
437
4861909
514
1,000
400
6001910
516
1,116
466
6501911
532
1,182
502
6801912
521
1,201
585
6161913
526
1,142
597
5451914
530
1,075
539
5361915
557
1,093
551
5421916
658
1,200
645
5551917
590
1,145
626
5191918
593
1,112
680
4321919
580
1,019
609
4101920
565
975
608
3671921
673
1,040
603
4371922
720
1,157
765
3921923
731
1,123
661
4621924
854
1,316
761
5551925
754
1,309
858
4511926
732
1,183
888
2951927
754
1,044
859
1901928
778
968
828
1431929
841
984
794
1901930
849
1,040
901
1391931
884
1,023
884
1391932
898
1,037
910
1271933
1,005
1,132
1,029
1031934
937
1,040
931
1091935
983
1,092
990
1021936
950
1,052
942
1101937
980
1,090
1,012
781938
942
1,020
923
971939
981
1,078
946
1321940
977
1,109
985
1241941
1,178
1,302
1,168
1341942
984
1,118
997
1211943
997
1,118
962
1561944
1,237
1,393
1,249
1441945
1,185
1,329
1,161
1681946
1,356
1,524
1,366
1581947
1,312
1,470
1,339
1311948
1,474
1,605
1,434
1711949
1,277
1,448
1,308
1401950
1,195
1,335
1,216
1191951
1,249
1,368
1,222
1461952
1,291
1,437
1,286
1511953
1,312
1,463
1,303
1601954
1,406
1,566
1,361
2051955
1,651
1,856
1,637
2191956
1,833
2,052
1,701
3511957
1,657
2,008
1,783
2251958
1,837
2,062
1,781
2811959
1,897
2,178
1,822
3561960
1,957
2,313
1,928
3851961
2,200
2,585
2,157
4281962
2,396
2,824
2,350
4741963
2,305
2,779
2,412
3671964
2,295
2,662
2,180
4821965
2,802
3,284
2,693
5911966
2,765
3,356
2,903
4531967
3,133
3,586
2,973
6131968
3,305
3,918
3,151
7671969
3,435
4,202
3,409
7931970
3,419
4,212
3,422
890 a1971
3,643
4,533
3,645
891 a1972
3,749
4,640
3,572
892 a1973
4,187
5,079
3,876
1,2031974
3,417
4,620
3,799
822 a1975
3,939
4,761
3,806
857 a1976
3,873
4,730
3,918
8121977
3,890
4,704
3,867
838 a1978
3,893
4,731
3,939
796 a1979
3,985
4,781
3,811
9701980
4,174
5,144
4,255
8891981
4,422
5,311
4,433
8781982
4,201
5,079
4,201
8781983
4,222
5,100
4,140
959 a1984
4,047
5,006
4,261
7451985
4,413
5,158
4,275
8831986
4,240
5,123
4,349
775 a1987
4,493
5,268
4,387
882 a1988
4,775
5,657
4,830
828 a1989
5,918
5,746
4,932
8141990
5,502
6,516
5,412
9041991
5,866
6,770
5,828
9421992
6,303
7,245
6,366
8891993
6,897
7,786
6,682
1,1041994
6,996
8,100
7,132
9681995
6,597
7,565
6,597
9681996
6,686
7,602
6,691
9111997
6,781
7,692
6,718
9741998
7,109
8,083
7,015
1,0681999
7,337
8,445
7,332
1,1132000
7,852
8,965
7,713
1,2522001
7,924
9,176
8,025
1,1512002
8,255
9,406
8,337
1,068 a2003
7,814
8,882
7,790
1,0922004
7,496
8,588
7,501
1,0872005
8,521
9,608
8,209
1,3992006
8,857
10,256
8,895
1,3612007
8,241
9,602
8,374
1,2282008
7,738
8,966
7,822
1,1432009
8,159
9,302
8,093
1,2092010
7,857
9,066
7,827
1,2392011
7,713
8,952
7,655
1,2972012
7,509
8,806
7,602
1,2042013
7,376
8,580
7,547
1,0332014
7,033
8,066
7,006
1,0602015
6,475
7,535
6,506
1,0292016
6,305
7,334
6,258
1,0762017
6,315
7,390
6,206
1,184These charts are designed to give readers historical information about judicial caseloads and will not be updated in the near future. More detailed information on federal court caseloads is available in the Annual Report of the Director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts and the *Judicial Business of the United States*. The *Judicial Business*since 1997 is available online at http://www.uscourts.gov/Statistics/JudicialBusiness.aspx.Notation:
			a: revised total presented in subsequent year's reportNote:
[1] While the term begins in October of the year listed, the cases filed include cases docketed after the adjournment of the preceding term.Sources:
			1878-1940: *Annual Report of the Attorney General of the United States* , text of the report.
			1941-2017: *Journal of the Supreme Court of the United States* , except Cases Filed, 1941-1944: *Annual Report of the Director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts* , Table A-1. Cases filed for 1945-1969 have been calculated based on the cases remaining from the previous term and the total number on the docket.
 Caseloads Federal Caseload Reporting
 Caseload Reports, 1802-1864
 Criminal Cases, 1870-2017
 Civil Cases (U.S.), 1870-2017
 Civil Cases (Private), 1873-2017
 Bankruptcy Cases, 1899-2017
 U.S. Courts of Appeals, 1892-2017
 Supreme Court Caseload Reporting
 Supreme Court, 1823-1846
 
 Supreme Court, Disposition, 1932-1969
 Supreme Court, Disposition, 1970-2016
 Supreme Court, Certiorari, 1923-1969
 Supreme Court, Appeals and Certiorari, 1970-2017
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