NCJ Number
96040
Journal
State Court Journal Volume: 8 Issue: 4 Dated: (Fall 1984) Pages: 8-15
Date Published
1984
Length
8 pages
Annotation
These data tables provide a preliminary indication of the volume of cases which were processed by State courts in 1983 and a general indication of changes in case volume between 1978 and 1983.
Abstract
Data were provided by the State court administrators of 46 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. These jurisdictions reported 12,992,132 civil cases; 10,577,151 criminal cases; and 1,147,357 juvenile cases; for a total of 24.7 million cases filed during 1983. In addition, over 57 million traffic cases were filed, mostly parking violations, which are reported in some States as traffic offenses. Appellate court filings increased at a faster pace than trial court filings, with a 30-percent increase between 1978 and 1983. One figure, six tables, footnotes, and a narrative description of the findings are included.