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  1. U.S. District Courts--Civil & Criminal Cases:1970-1987                                     (in thousands, except percent)     Item                         1970    1975    1980    1985    1987 
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  3. Civil cases:Commenced            87.3   117.3   168.8   273.7   239.0
  4.   Cases terminated(1)            79.5   103.8   155.0   268.6   237.5
  5.     No court action              31.1    39.2    68.7   129.4    97.8
  6.     Court action, total          48.4    64.6    86.2   139.2   139.7
  7.       Before pretrial            29.4    40.3    53.8    95.5    95.3
  8.       Pretrial                   11.0    15.6    22.4    31.1    32.5
  9.       Trials                      8.0     8.7    10.1    12.6    11.9
  10.         Percent reaching trial   10.0     8.4     6.5     4.7     5.0
  11. Criminal cases:Commenced(2)      38.1    41.1    28.0    38.5    42.2
  12.   Defendents disposed of         36.4    49.2    36.6    47.4    54.2
  13.     Not convinced                 8.2    11.8     8.0     8.8    10.2
  14.     Convicted                    28.2    37.4    28.6    38.5    43.9
  15.       Imprisonment               12.4    17.3    13.2    18.7    23.3
  16.       Probation                  11.4    17.9    11.1    14.4    16.0
  17.       Fine and other              4.4     2.2     4.4     5.4     4.6
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  20. 1. Excludes land condemnation cases.
  21. 2. Excludes transfers.
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  23. Source:Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.
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