Caseloads of the Courts of Washington
Supreme Court
Court Activity Trends, Cases from Court of Appeals - 2019 to 2023
| |
2019 |
2020 |
% Chg (1) |
2021 |
% Chg (1) |
2022 |
% Chg (1) |
2023 |
% Chg (1) |
|
|
| FILINGS |
| Total Filings |
1,100 |
1,061 |
-3.5 % |
903 |
-14.9 % |
820 |
-9.2 % |
894 |
9.0 % |
|
|
| RESOLUTIONS |
| Total Opinions |
65 |
54 |
-16.9 % |
50 |
-7.4 % |
49 |
-2.0 % |
40 |
-18.4 % |
| Dismissed |
4 |
5 |
. % |
3 |
. % |
8 |
. % |
9 |
. % |
| Review Not Accepted |
17 |
30 |
. % |
68 |
. % |
29 |
. % |
33 |
. % |
| Other Terminations |
558 |
519 |
-7.0 % |
459 |
-11.6 % |
458 |
-.2 % |
381 |
-16.8 % |
| Total Orders |
579 |
554 |
-4.3 % |
530 |
-4.3 % |
495 |
-6.6 % |
423 |
-14.5 % |
| Dismissed |
26 |
15 |
. % |
38 |
. % |
26 |
. % |
27 |
. % |
| Review Not Accepted |
307 |
406 |
32.2 % |
281 |
-30.8 % |
302 |
7.5 % |
363 |
20.2 % |
| Other Terminations |
90 |
5 |
. % |
10 |
. % |
5 |
. % |
7 |
. % |
| Total Rulings |
423 |
426 |
.7 % |
329 |
-22.8 % |
333 |
1.2 % |
397 |
19.2 % |
| Other Decisions Term. Review |
0 |
0 |
. % |
0 |
. % |
0 |
. % |
0 |
. % |
| Total Orders/Rulings/Other |
1,002 |
980 |
-2.2 % |
859 |
-12.3 % |
828 |
-3.6 % |
820 |
-1.0 % |
| Total Resolved |
1,067 |
1,034 |
-3.1 % |
909 |
-12.1 % |
877 |
-3.5 % |
860 |
-1.9 % |
|
|
| PENDING AT YEAR END |
| Cases Stayed |
9 |
25 |
. % |
12 |
. % |
18 |
. % |
10 |
. % |
| Cases Ready |
3 |
1 |
. % |
1 |
. % |
7 |
. % |
9 |
. % |
| Cases Not Ready |
110 |
96 |
-12.7 % |
70 |
-27.1 % |
60 |
-14.3 % |
46 |
-23.3 % |
| Set for Motion Calendar |
223 |
212 |
-4.9 % |
204 |
-3.8 % |
150 |
-26.5 % |
188 |
25.3 % |
| Set for Oral Argument |
20 |
14 |
. % |
19 |
. % |
12 |
. % |
15 |
. % |
| Total Awaiting Hearing |
365 |
348 |
-4.7 % |
306 |
-12.1 % |
247 |
-19.3 % |
268 |
8.5 % |
| Opinion/Order in Process |
19 |
20 |
. % |
19 |
. % |
18 |
. % |
14 |
. % |
| Total Pending Decision |
384 |
368 |
-4.2 % |
325 |
-11.7 % |
265 |
-18.5 % |
282 |
6.4 % |
|
|
| MANDATED |
| Opinion Terminating Review |
69 |
62 |
-10.1 % |
54 |
-12.9 % |
46 |
-14.8 % |
45 |
-2.2 % |
| Order Terminating Review |
577 |
553 |
-4.2 % |
532 |
-3.8 % |
497 |
-6.6 % |
423 |
-14.9 % |
| Ruling Terminating Review |
414 |
398 |
-3.9 % |
360 |
-9.5 % |
341 |
-5.3 % |
362 |
6.2 % |
| Other Decision Terminating Review |
22 |
31 |
. % |
39 |
25.8 % |
7 |
. % |
21 |
. % |
| Total Mandated |
1,082 |
1,044 |
-3.5 % |
985 |
-5.7 % |
891 |
-9.5 % |
851 |
-4.5 % |
|
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(1) Percentages are not reported when numbers are small (less than 30).
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