Courts of Appeals
Total of Reported Activity
for the Year Ended August 31, 1997
  Civil and Criminal Cases  
                         
   
  1 Averages  
  Per  
  Totals Justice  
   
  Cases Pending September 1, 1996 10,539 131.7  
   
   
  Cases Added During the Year Ended August 31, 1997:  
   
  New cases filed 10,754 134.4  
  Other cases added 765 9.6  
   
  Total Cases Added During the Year 11,519 144.0  
   
   
  Cases Disposed During the Year:  
   
  Cases affirmed 5,427 67.8  
  Cases modified and/or reformed and affirmed 145 1.8  
  Cases affirmed in part and in part reversed  
         and remanded 184 2.3  
  Cases affirmed in part and in part reversed  
         and rendered 49 0.6  
  Cases reversed and remanded 749 9.4  
  Cases reversed and rendered 213 2.7  
  Cases otherwise disposed 2,016 25.2  
  Cases dismissed 2,399 30.0  
  Case consolidations or voids 67 0.8  
   
  Total Cases Disposed 11,249 140.6  
   
   
  Cases Pending August 31, 1997: 10,809 135.1  
   
   
  Opinions Written During the Year 10,480 131.0  
   
                         
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1 Averages based on 80 justices.