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- U.S. District Courts--Civil & Criminal Cases: 1970 - 1989[In thousands, except percent.]Item 1970 1975 1980 1985 1988 1989
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- Civil cases:
- Commenced 87.3 117.3 168.8 273.7 239.6 233.5
- Cases terminated(1) 79.5 103.8 155.0 268.6 238.1 234.6
- No court action 31.1 39.2 68.7 129.4 79.6 64.3
- Court action, total 48.4 64.6 86.2 139.2 158.6 170.4
- Before pretrial 29.4 40.3 53.8 95.5 114.7 129.7
- Pretrial 11.0 15.6 22.4 31.1 32.2 29.5
- Trials 8.0 8.7 10.1 12.6 11.6 11.2
- Percent reaching trial 10.0 8.4 6.5 4.7 4.9 4.8
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- Criminal cases:
- Commenced(2) 38.1 41.1 28.0 38.5 43.5 44.9
- Defendents disposed of 36.4 49.2 36.6 47.4 52.8 54.6
- Not convicted 8.2 11.8 8.0 8.8 9.9 10.1
- Convicted 28.2 37.4 28.6 38.5 42.9 44.5
- Imprisonment 12.4 17.3 13.2 18.7 22.5 24.9
- Probation 11.4 17.9 11.1 14.4 16.1 15.0
- Fine & other 4.4 2.2 4.4 5.4 4.4 4.7
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- 1. Excludes land condemnation cases.
- 2. Excludes transfers.
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- Source:Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.
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