See also: Supreme Court Caseloads, 1880-2015 (graphs)
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October Term
|
Cases filed[1]
|
Total cases on docket
|
Cases disposed
|
Cases remaining
|
|
1878
|
-
|
1,138
|
-
|
-
|
|
1879
|
-
|
1,206
|
-
|
795
|
|
1880
|
417
|
1,212
|
369
|
843
|
|
1881
|
411
|
1,254
|
403
|
851
|
|
1882
|
434
|
1,275
|
390
|
874
|
|
1883
|
439
|
1,313
|
450
|
848
|
|
1884
|
477
|
1,325
|
464
|
855
|
|
1885
|
493
|
1,348
|
444
|
904
|
|
1886
|
499
|
1,403
|
455
|
948
|
|
1887
|
489
|
1,437
|
422
|
1,015
|
|
1888
|
556
|
1,571
|
423
|
1,148
|
|
1889
|
500
|
1,648
|
468
|
1,180
|
|
1890
|
636
|
1,816
|
617
|
1,199
|
|
1891
|
383
|
1,582
|
503
|
1,079
|
|
1892
|
290
|
1,369
|
430
|
941
|
|
1893
|
280
|
1,214
|
503
|
721
|
|
1894
|
341
|
1,062
|
415
|
647
|
|
1895
|
386
|
1,033
|
494
|
539
|
|
1896
|
295
|
834
|
447
|
387
|
|
1897
|
302
|
689
|
373
|
316
|
|
1898
|
523
|
839
|
531
|
308
|
|
1899
|
384
|
692
|
375
|
317
|
|
1900
|
406
|
723
|
377
|
346
|
|
1901
|
386
|
732
|
377
|
355
|
|
1902
|
391
|
746
|
427
|
319
|
|
1903
|
430
|
749
|
454
|
295
|
|
1904
|
403
|
698
|
406
|
292
|
|
1905
|
502
|
794
|
477
|
317
|
|
1906
|
484
|
801
|
449
|
352
|
|
1907
|
480
|
832
|
403
|
429
|
|
1908
|
494
|
923
|
437
|
486
|
|
1909
|
514
|
1,000
|
400
|
600
|
|
1910
|
516
|
1,116
|
466
|
650
|
|
1911
|
532
|
1,182
|
502
|
680
|
|
1912
|
521
|
1,201
|
585
|
616
|
|
1913
|
526
|
1,142
|
597
|
545
|
|
1914
|
530
|
1,075
|
539
|
536
|
|
1915
|
557
|
1,093
|
551
|
542
|
|
1916
|
658
|
1,200
|
645
|
555
|
|
1917
|
590
|
1,145
|
626
|
519
|
|
1918
|
593
|
1,112
|
680
|
432
|
|
1919
|
580
|
1,019
|
609
|
410
|
|
1920
|
565
|
975
|
608
|
367
|
|
1921
|
673
|
1,040
|
603
|
437
|
|
1922
|
720
|
1,157
|
765
|
392
|
|
1923
|
731
|
1,123
|
661
|
462
|
|
1924
|
854
|
1,316
|
761
|
555
|
|
1925
|
754
|
1,309
|
858
|
451
|
|
1926
|
732
|
1,183
|
888
|
295
|
|
1927
|
754
|
1,044
|
859
|
190
|
|
1928
|
778
|
968
|
828
|
143
|
|
1929
|
841
|
984
|
794
|
190
|
|
1930
|
849
|
1,040
|
901
|
139
|
|
1931
|
884
|
1,023
|
884
|
139
|
|
1932
|
898
|
1,037
|
910
|
127
|
|
1933
|
1,005
|
1,132
|
1,029
|
103
|
|
1934
|
937
|
1,040
|
931
|
109
|
|
1935
|
983
|
1,092
|
990
|
102
|
|
1936
|
950
|
1,052
|
942
|
110
|
|
1937
|
980
|
1,090
|
1,012
|
78
|
|
1938
|
942
|
1,020
|
923
|
97
|
|
1939
|
981
|
1,078
|
946
|
132
|
|
1940
|
977
|
1,109
|
985
|
124
|
|
1941
|
1,178
|
1,302
|
1,168
|
134
|
|
1942
|
984
|
1,118
|
997
|
121
|
|
1943
|
997
|
1,118
|
962
|
156
|
|
1944
|
1,237
|
1,393
|
1,249
|
144
|
|
1945
|
1,185
|
1,329
|
1,161
|
168
|
|
1946
|
1,356
|
1,524
|
1,366
|
158
|
|
1947
|
1,312
|
1,470
|
1,339
|
131
|
|
1948
|
1,474
|
1,605
|
1,434
|
171
|
|
1949
|
1,277
|
1,448
|
1,308
|
140
|
|
1950
|
1,195
|
1,335
|
1,216
|
119
|
|
1951
|
1,249
|
1,368
|
1,222
|
146
|
|
1952
|
1,291
|
1,437
|
1,286
|
151
|
|
1953
|
1,312
|
1,463
|
1,303
|
160
|
|
1954
|
1,406
|
1,566
|
1,361
|
205
|
|
1955
|
1,651
|
1,856
|
1,637
|
219
|
|
1956
|
1,833
|
2,052
|
1,701
|
351
|
|
1957
|
1,657
|
2,008
|
1,783
|
225
|
|
1958
|
1,837
|
2,062
|
1,781
|
281
|
|
1959
|
1,897
|
2,178
|
1,822
|
356
|
|
1960
|
1,957
|
2,313
|
1,928
|
385
|
|
1961
|
2,200
|
2,585
|
2,157
|
428
|
|
1962
|
2,396
|
2,824
|
2,350
|
474
|
|
1963
|
2,305
|
2,779
|
2,412
|
367
|
|
1964
|
2,295
|
2,662
|
2,180
|
482
|
|
1965
|
2,802
|
3,284
|
2,693
|
591
|
|
1966
|
2,765
|
3,356
|
2,903
|
453
|
|
1967
|
3,133
|
3,586
|
2,973
|
613
|
|
1968
|
3,305
|
3,918
|
3,151
|
767
|
|
1969
|
3,435
|
4,202
|
3,409
|
793
|
|
1970
|
3,419
|
4,212
|
3,422
|
890 a
|
|
1971
|
3,643
|
4,533
|
3,645
|
891 a
|
|
1972
|
3,749
|
4,640
|
3,572
|
892 a
|
|
1973
|
4,187
|
5,079
|
3,876
|
1,203
|
|
1974
|
3,417
|
4,620
|
3,799
|
822 a
|
|
1975
|
3,939
|
4,761
|
3,806
|
857 a
|
|
1976
|
3,873
|
4,730
|
3,918
|
812
|
|
1977
|
3,890
|
4,704
|
3,867
|
838 a
|
|
1978
|
3,893
|
4,731
|
3,939
|
796 a
|
|
1979
|
3,985
|
4,781
|
3,811
|
970
|
|
1980
|
4,174
|
5,144
|
4,255
|
889
|
|
1981
|
4,422
|
5,311
|
4,433
|
878
|
|
1982
|
4,201
|
5,079
|
4,201
|
878
|
|
1983
|
4,222
|
5,100
|
4,140
|
959 a
|
|
1984
|
4,047
|
5,006
|
4,261
|
745
|
|
1985
|
4,413
|
5,158
|
4,275
|
883
|
|
1986
|
4,240
|
5,123
|
4,349
|
775 a
|
|
1987
|
4,493
|
5,268
|
4,387
|
882 a
|
|
1988
|
4,775
|
5,657
|
4,830
|
828 a
|
|
1989
|
5,918
|
5,746
|
4,932
|
814
|
|
1990
|
5,502
|
6,516
|
5,412
|
904
|
|
1991
|
5,866
|
6,770
|
5,828
|
942
|
|
1992
|
6,303
|
7,245
|
6,366
|
889
|
|
1993
|
6,897
|
7,786
|
6,682
|
1,104
|
|
1994
|
6,996
|
8,100
|
7,132
|
968
|
|
1995
|
6,597
|
7,565
|
6,597
|
968
|
|
1996
|
6,686
|
7,602
|
6,691
|
911
|
|
1997
|
6,781
|
7,692
|
6,718
|
974
|
|
1998
|
7,109
|
8,083
|
7,015
|
1,068
|
|
1999
|
7,337
|
8,445
|
7,332
|
1,113
|
|
2000
|
7,852
|
8,965
|
7,713
|
1,252
|
|
2001
|
7,924
|
9,176
|
8,025
|
1,151
|
|
2002
|
8,255
|
9,406
|
8,337
|
1,068 a
|
|
2003
|
7,814
|
8,882
|
7,790
|
1,092
|
|
2004
|
7,496
|
8,588
|
7,501
|
1,087
|
|
2005
|
8,521
|
9,608
|
8,209
|
1,399
|
|
2006
|
8,857
|
10,256
|
8,895
|
1,361
|
|
2007
|
8,241
|
9,602
|
8,374
|
1,228
|
|
2008
|
7,738
|
8,966
|
7,822
|
1,143
|
|
2009
|
8,159
|
9,302
|
8,093
|
1,209
|
|
2010
|
7,857
|
9,066
|
7,827
|
1,239
|
|
2011
|
7,713
|
8,952
|
7,655
|
1,297
|
|
2012
|
7,509
|
8,806
|
7,602
|
1,204
|
|
2013
|
7,376
|
8,580
|
7,547
|
1,033
|
|
2014
|
7,033
|
8,066
|
7,006
|
1,060
|
|
2015
|
6,475
|
7,535
|
6,506
|
1,029
|
|
2016
|
6,305
|
7,334
|
6,258
|
1,076
|
|
2017
|
6,315
|
7,390
|
6,206
|
1,184
|
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These 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. |
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| Notation: a: revised total presented in subsequent year's report |
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| Note:
[1] While the term begins in October of the year listed, the cases filed include cases docketed after the adjournment of the preceding term.
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| 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. |
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