Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Details from the 2014 California Courts Stats report

Again for regular court-watchers, there are no real surprises in this year's stats.

Cal Supreme Court

  • 94 opinions published
  • 16 Court of Appeal opinions depublished
  • overall petitions for review = 4% "grant" rate (grants + grant & hold + grant & transfer)
  • civil PFRs = 6% grant rate
  • rehearings granted = 0 for 17 (you have to go back to 2007 to find a grant)
  • Stats you want to know but that aren't reported = time on docket, reversal rate, ...
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Cal Courts of Appeal
  • 9% of all opinions were published
    • 17% for civil appeals, with 3d at 23% and 2d at 15%
    • 3d has a 50% publication rate for original proceedings!
  • Median time from notice of appeal in civil case to opinion, Statewide = 469 days
  • Fastest is 4/3 at 393 days; slowest is 3d at 607 days
  • Civil reversal rate = 18%
    (affirmance rate = 79%, 3% of appeals dismissed)