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The Courts — Some Statistics*

US Courts of Appeals
56,534 cases filed in 2002 (+.8% over 2001)
39,536 cases pending at the end of 2002 (-2.6% from 2001)
US District Courts ­ Civil Cases
265,091 cases filed in 2002 (+4.2% over 2001)
265,321 cases pending at the end of 2002 (+6.5% over 2001)
US District Courts ­ Criminal Cases
63,515 cases filed in 2002 (+.1% over 2001)
52,713 cases pending at the end of 2002 (+9.7% over 2001)

*http://www.uscourts.gov/library/statisticsalreports.html

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