History of the Federal Judiciary

Supreme Court of the United States
Petitions for Certiorari, 1926–1969

	Petitions, Except In Forma Pauperis¹					Petitions Filed In Forma Pauperis
October Term	Petitions Filed	Total on Docket	Granted²	Denied or Dismissed	Remaining at end of term	Petitions Filed	Total on Docket	Granted²	Denied or Dismissed	Remaining at end of term
1923	-	-	69	320	-	-	-	-	-	-
1924	-	-	63	371	-	-	-	-	-	-
1925	-	-	98	437	-	-	-	-	-	-
1926	-	-	117	469	-	-	-	-	-	-
1927	-	-	102	485	-	-	-	-	-	-
1928	-	-	99	550	-	-	-	-	-	-
1929	-	-	133	559	-	-	-	-	-	-
1930	-	-	159	567	-	-	-	-	-	-
1931	-	-	137	601	-	-	-	-	-	-
1932	-	-	148	649	-	-	-	-	-	-
1933	-	-	148	732	-	-	-	-	-	-
1934	-	-	165	670	-	-	-	-	-	-
1935	856	856	150	717	34	-	-	-	-	-
1936	835	869	153	671	45	-	-	-	-	-
1937	859	904	155	701	31	-	-	-	-	-
1938	814	845	132	666	37	-	-	-	-	-
1939	886	923	188	690	45	-	-	-	-	-
1940	769	814	174	592	48	120	-	19	101	0
1941	784	832	150	623	59	178	178	16	162	0
1942	727	786	158	592	36	147	147	8	139	0
1943	700	736	127	547	62	214	214	12	202	0
1944	803	865	176	642	47	339	339	10	329	0
1945	727	774	155	565	54	393	393	15	378	0
1946	731	785	148	586	51	528	528	8	520	0
1947	647	698	97	555	46	426	426	17	400	9
1948	687	733	144	523	66	447	456	18	425	13
1949	633	699	85	556	58	441	454	7	436	11
1950	582	640	89	495	56	404	415	14	386	12
1951	612	668	94	518	56	413	425	15	386	20
1952	655	711	104	541	66	434	454	8	429	14
1953	603	669	78	522	69	528	542	10	507	25
1954	626	695	108	532	55	543	568	9	494	62
1955	787	842	123	643	76	583	645	7	579	50
1956	851	927	139	664	124	639	689	29	584	67
1957	716	840	110	670	60	680	747	18	648	65
1958	760	820	108	641	71	772	837	16	716	97
1959	767	838	122	645	71	836	933	34	743	135
1960	718	789	87	628	74	950	1085	16	871	192
1961	778	852	103	665	84	1138	1330	14	1093	199
1962	823	907	115	690	102	1213	1412	23	1086	238
1963	870	972	118	733	121	1069	1307	11	1093	145
1964	920	1041	116	791	134	1025	1170	7	927	222
1965	1,030	1164	124	900	140	1388	1610	25	1271	296
1966	1,058	1198	121	922	155	1319	1615	11	1371	188
1967	1,114	1269	166	979	124	1610	1798	24	1337	377
1968	1,131	1255	101	983	171	1744	2121	28	1603	456
1969	1,253	1424	132	1,121	196	1772	2228	22	1759	431

Notes:
1. Totals for 1926–1939 include both paid petitions and those filed in forma pauperis.
2. Includes only those petitions granted full review, not those granted and then disposed of on the merits in the same order.

Sources:
1926–1934: “Business of the Supreme Court at October Term, 1930,” Harvard Law Review 45, no. 2 (December 1931): 284; “Business of the Supreme Court at October Term, 1934,” Harvard Law Review 49, no. 1 (November 1935): 78.
1935–1969: Annual Report of the Director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, Table A-1, 1945, 1950, 1960, 1969.