Activity for the Year Ended August 31, 1998

 

1st-Houston 9 Justices   2nd-Fort Worth
7 Justices   		3rd-Austin
6 Justices   		4th-San Antonio
7 Justices   		 

 

5th-Dallas
13 Justices 		6th-Texarkana
3 Justices 		7th-Amarillo
4 Justices 		8th-El Paso
4 Justices 		 

 

9th-Beaumont
3 Justices 		10th-Waco
3 Justices 		11th-Eastland
3 Justices 		12th-Tyler
3 Justices 		 

 

13th- Corpus Christi 6 Justices   14th-Houston
9 Justices 		 

 

 

 

Grand Totals

 

  Civil Crim Total Civil Crim Total Civil Crim Total Civil Crim Total     Civil Crim Total Civil Crim Total Civil Crim Total Civil Crim Total     Civil Crim Total Civil Crim Total Civil Crim Total Civil Crim Total     Civil Crim Total Civil Crim Total   Civil Crim Total  
                                                                                                           
Cases pending September 1, 1997 462 1,134 1,596 232 662 894 244 337 581 267 379 646   Cases pending September 1, 1997 675 1,825 2,500 60 204 264 142 213 355 164 293 457   Cases pending September 1, 1997 130 224 354 45 149 194 71 262 333 114 203 317   Cases pending September 1, 1997 328 354 682 477 1,159 1,636   3,411 7,398 10,809  
                                                                                                           
New cases filed during year ended                           New cases filed during year ended                           New cases filed during year ended                           New cases filed during year ended                      
August 31, 1998 731 717 1,448 398 729 1,127 422 348 770 530 516 1,046   August 31, 1998 802 1,396 2,198 120 149 269 168 223 391 245 266 511   August 31, 1998 275 321 596 163 161 324 89 148 237 186 175 361   August 31, 1998 387 431 818 675 795 1,470   5,191 6,375 11,566  
                                                                                                           
Rehearings granted 28 15 43 0 3 3 1 0 1 10 2 12   Rehearings granted 3 6 9 2 0 2 6 1 7 2 0 2   Rehearings granted 3 0 3 0 0 0 2 5 7 2 4 6   Rehearings granted 6 4 10 10 3 13   75 43 118  
Cases reinstated 6 44 50 2 5 7 4 4 8 20 3 23   Cases reinstated 21 543 564 3 1 4 8 41 49 0 0 0   Cases reinstated 4 5 9 7 7 14 5 45 50 4 1 5   Cases reinstated 2 0 2 0 0 0   86 699 785  
Cases remanded from higher courts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 2 3 5   Cases remanded from higher courts 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 5 5   Cases remanded from higher courts 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 3   Cases remanded from higher courts 1 1 2 0 4 4   6 27 33  
                                                                                                           
Cases transferred in 9 0 9 0 0 0 14 24 38 22 53 75   Cases transferred in 2 1 3 54 127 181 28 72 100 7 83 90   Cases transferred in 0 0 0 18 107 125 61 84 145 0 0 0   Cases transferred in 15 15 30 7 1 8   237 567 804  
Cases transferred out (4) (8) (12) (26) (144) (170) 0 0 0 (7) (15) (22)   Cases transferred out (79) (237) (316) 0 0 0 0 0 0 (3) (1) (4)   Cases transferred out (36) (52) (88) (1) 0 (1) 0 0 0 (18) (18) (36)   Cases transferred out (4) 0 (4) (59) (92) (151)   (237) (567) (804)  
                                                                                                           
Total Cases On Docket 1,232 1,902 3,134 606 1,255 1,861 685 718 1,403 844 941 1,785   Total Cases On Docket 1,424 3,534 4,958 239 483 722 353 550 903 415 646 1,061   Total Cases On Docket 376 503 879 232 424 656 228 545 773 290 366 656   Total Cases On Docket 735 805 1,540 1,110 1,870 2,980   8,769 14,542 23,311  
                                                                                                           
Cases affirmed 155 548 703 141 535 676 114 308 422 151 247 398   Cases affirmed 149 942 1,091 49 181 230 65 169 234 79 180 259   Cases affirmed 53 182 235 42 153 195 36 177 213 57 130 187   Cases affirmed 114 210 324 132 416 548   1,337 4,378 5,715  
Cases modified and/or reformed                           Cases modified and/or reformed                           Cases modified and/or reformed                           Cases modified and/or reformed                      
and affirmed 8 9 17 3 6 9 16 5 21 10 5 15   and affirmed 2 0 2 3 2 5 6 1 7 8 1 9   and affirmed 2 3 5 5 1 6 1 10 11 1 1 2   and affirmed 6 5 11 7 7 14   78 56 134  
Cases affirmed in part and in part                           Cases affirmed in part and in part                           Cases affirmed in part and in part                           Cases affirmed in part and in part                      
reversed and remanded 28 4 32 3 1 4 12 0 12 15 4 19   reversed and remanded 8 0 8 4 3 7 11 3 14 9 0 9   reversed and remanded 9 1 10 7 0 7 3 0 3 4 2 6   reversed and remanded 13 1 14 15 16 31   141 35 176  
Cases affirmed in part and in part                           Cases affirmed in part and in part                           Cases affirmed in part and in part                           Cases affirmed in part and in part                      
reversed and rendered 5 0 5 7 0 7 7 1 8 4 0 4   reversed and rendered 4 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 4 1 0 1   reversed and rendered 4 1 5 1 0 1 4 0 4 4 0 4   reversed and rendered 7 1 8 1 0 1   53 3 56  
Cases reversed and remanded 64 19 83 20 25 45 34 17 51 66 37 103   Cases reversed and remanded 54 46 100 14 9 23 27 7 34 24 19 43   Cases reversed and remanded 16 11 27 12 8 20 13 6 19 22 15 37   Cases reversed and remanded 54 84 138 33 19 52   453 322 775  
Cases reversed and rendered 22 4 26 20 0 20 13 2 15 23 3 26   Cases reversed and rendered 9 0 9 9 1 10 13 6 19 4 17 21   Cases reversed and rendered 3 1 4 2 4 6 2 0 2 5 1 6   Cases reversed and rendered 23 0 23 27 0 27   175 39 214  
Cases otherwise disposed 168 65 233 59 7 66 81 8 89 112 22 134   Cases otherwise disposed 170 633 803 9 0 9 22 51 73 41 11 52   Cases otherwise disposed 76 4 80 34 3 37 18 54 72 41 11 52   Cases otherwise disposed 110 21 131 148 1 149   1,089 891 1,980  
Cases dismissed 139 99 238 98 163 261 115 63 178 92 145 237   Cases dismissed 190 156 346 64 56 120 72 77 149 83 60 143   Cases dismissed 51 79 130 26 51 77 38 59 97 62 39 101   Cases dismissed 125 136 261 160 89 249   1,315 1,272 2,587  
Case consolidations or voids 13 4 17 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0   Case consolidations or voids 49 0 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   Case consolidations or voids 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 6 1 7   Case consolidations or voids 0 0 0 11 11 22   81 18 99  
                                                                                                           
Total Cases Disposed 602 752 1,354 351 737 1,088 393 404 797 473 463 936   Total Cases Disposed 635 1,777 2,412 152 252 404 220 314 534 249 288 537   Total Cases Disposed 214 282 496 129 221 350 116 307 423 202 200 402   Total Cases Disposed 452 458 910 534 559 1,093   4,722 7,014 11,736  
                                                                                                           
Cases pending August 31, 1998:                           Cases pending August 31, 1998:                           Cases pending August 31, 1998:                           Cases pending August 31, 1998:                      
                                                                                                           
Pending up to 6 months 283 339 622 137 255 392 163 161 324 203 216 419   Pending up to 6 months 250 757 1,007 61 172 233 62 121 183 87 102 189   Pending up to 6 months 51 105 156 76 107 183 51 78 129 45 73 118   Pending up to 6 months 120 129 249 221 341 562   1,810 2,956 4,766  
Pending from 6 to 12 months 204 344 548 82 193 275 96 110 206 136 186 322   Pending from 6 to 12 months 214 464 678 24 35 59 61 78 139 52 165 217   Pending from 6 to 12 months 69 82 151 23 73 96 47 89 136 27 38 65   Pending from 6 to 12 months 96 109 205 153 306 459   1,284 2,272 3,556  
Pending from 12 to 24 months 108 291 399 35 69 104 31 41 72 27 73 100   Pending from 12 to 24 months 283 481 764 2 24 26 9 37 46 26 85 111   Pending from 12 to 24 months 42 33 75 4 23 27 11 63 74 16 55 71   Pending from 12 to 24 months 61 103 164 150 499 649   805 1,877 2,682  
Pending over 24 months 35 176 211 1 1 2 2 2 4 5 3 8   Pending over 24 months 42 55 97 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 6 7   Pending over 24 months 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 8 11 0 0 0   Pending over 24 months 6 6 12 52 165 217   148 423 571  
                                                                                                           
Total Cases Pending August 31, 1998 630 1,150 1,780 255 518 773 292 314 606 371 478 849   Total Cases Pending August 31, 1998 789 1,757 2,546 87 231 318 133 236 369 166 358 524   Total Cases Pending August 31, 1998 162 221 383 103 203 306 112 238 350 88 166 254   Total Cases Pending August 31, 1998 283 347 630 576 1,311 1,887   4,047 7,528 11,575  
                                                                                                           
                                                                                                           
Average time between filing &                           Average time between filing &                           Average time between filing &                           Average time between filing &                      
disposition (in months) 11.0 19.4 15.7 8.1 11.9 10.7 7.1 10.7 8.9 9.2 10.1 9.7   disposition (in months) 10.7 14.9 13.8 5.3 8.2 7.1 8.4 7.9 8.1 9.2 13.1 11.3   disposition (in months) 7.7 11.8 10.0 5.5 7.6 6.8 9.3 10.2 9.9 6.9 12.8 9.8   disposition (in months) 11.9 10.4 11.1 8.9 20.3 14.8   8.5 12.1 10.6  
                                                                                                           
Average percent of cases filed but not                           Average percent of cases filed but not                           Average percent of cases filed but not                           Average percent of cases filed but not                      
yet disposed for more than 24 months 4.95 14.15 11.06 0.20 0.16 0.17 0.33 0.98 0.69 1.69 0.62 1.09   yet disposed for more than 24 months 4.45 5.42 5.18 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.46 0.31 0.36 0.71 2.14 1.66   yet disposed for more than 24 months 0.64 1.17 0.96 0.22 0.00 0.06 1.02 1.14 1.09 0.00 0.69 0.44   yet disposed for more than 24 months 2.49 1.44 1.90 7.43 11.72 10.47   1.76 2.85 2.51  
                                                                                                           
Average time between submission                           Avg. time between submission                           Avg. time between submission                           Avg. time between submission                      
& disposition (in months) 2.3 1.4 1.8 2.2 1.9 2.0 3.2 2.9 3.0 4.3 3.1 3.7   & disposition (in months) 2.6 1.8 2.0 0.7 0.2 0.4 1.6 0.6 1.0 3.3 2.8 3.0   & disposition (in months) 2.2 1.0 1.4 3.0 1.8 2.1 3.2 1.3 1.8 2.2 1.4 1.7   & disposition (in months) 3.8 2.6 3.1 2.0 2.3 2.2   2.6 1.8 2.1  
                                                                                                           
Average percent of cases under                           Average percent of cases under                           Average percent of cases under                           Average percent of cases under                      
submission for more than 12 months 3.28 1.69 2.39 1.48 0.68 1.11 0.61 0.00 0.30 6.12 1.58 4.09   submission for more than 12 months 8.07 2.97 4.62 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 4.25 1.17 4.49 3.45 3.57   submission for more than 12 months 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.08 0.00 0.55 2.17 0.00 0.87 0.00 0.00 0.00   submission for more than 12 months 4.27 4.47 4.19 13.46 4.61 8.63   3.22 1.69 2.25  
                                                                                                           
Clearance Rate 78.18 97.92 88.04 93.85 124.28 112.51 89.12 106.04 96.96 82.12 82.38 82.25   Clearance Rate 84.78 103.98 98.13 84.92 90.32 88.21 104.27 93.18 97.45 99.20 81.59 88.91   Clearance Rate 86.99 101.08 94.48 68.98 80.36 75.54 73.89 108.48 96.14 114.77 122.70 118.58   Clearance Rate 111.06 101.55 106.06 84.63 78.62 81.45   89.77 98.03 94.62  

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