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Legal · 13 min

When someone sues

One morning a stranger hands the front desk an envelope: the company is being sued. Very few lawsuits end in a courtroom. What happens instead is mostly the legal team's work.

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How many cases reach a trial?

In the year to September 2025, US federal district courts closed 407,539 civil casesuscourts.gov ·2025. How many civil trials did they finish?

15,000 trials
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  • U.S. District Courts: Judicial Business 2025 (civil filings, terminations, trials and Table 3, Civil Cases Filed, Terminated, and Pending, Fiscal Years 2021-2025) · Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, 2025

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  • 3,377 trialsuscourts.gov ·2025 · Civil trials completed in US district courts, fiscal year 2025 (jury and non-jury).
  • 407,539 civil casesuscourts.gov ·2025 · Civil cases terminated (closed) in US district courts, fiscal year 2025.
  • 15.6 monthsuscourts.gov ·2025 · Median time from filing to disposition for civil cases in US district courts, fiscal year 2025.
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Legal · 13 min

When someone sues

One morning a stranger hands the front desk an envelope: the company is being sued. Very few lawsuits end in a courtroom. What happens instead is mostly the legal team's work.

HOURS
Ticket 01 · The guess

How many cases reach a trial?

In the year to September 2025, US federal district courts closed 407,539 civil casesuscourts.gov ·2025. How many civil trials did they finish?

15,000 trials
0 trials40,000
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Spot something wrong?

Tell us what looks off. No name or email needed.

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  • U.S. District Courts: Judicial Business 2025 (civil filings, terminations, trials and Table 3, Civil Cases Filed, Terminated, and Pending, Fiscal Years 2021-2025) · Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, 2025

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  • 3,377 trialsuscourts.gov ·2025 · Civil trials completed in US district courts, fiscal year 2025 (jury and non-jury).
  • 407,539 civil casesuscourts.gov ·2025 · Civil cases terminated (closed) in US district courts, fiscal year 2025.
  • 15.6 monthsuscourts.gov ·2025 · Median time from filing to disposition for civil cases in US district courts, fiscal year 2025.
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