Statewide Summary of Reported Activity For the Year Ended August 31, 1998
C I V I L D O C K E T
Cases on Docket:	Injury or Damage Involving Motor Vehicle	Injury or Damage other than Motor Vehicle	Workers' Compen- sation	Tax Cases	Condem- nation	Accounts, Contracts and Notes	Recip- rocals (U/FSA)	Divorce	All Other Family Law Matters	Other Civil Cases	Total Cases

Cases Pending 9/01/97	32,093	46,739	3,883	137,042	501	35,174	8,547	87,401	135,541	67,597	554,518

Docket Adjustments	(688)	1,075	(388)	(4,507)		(2,113)	(546)	775	(8,278)	6,913	(7,757)

New Cases Filed	19,192	17,743	616	48,920	261	20,006	2,661	119,434	93,060	42,783	364,676
Other Reaching Docket:
Show Causes Added									61,464		61,464
Other Cases Added	884	2,566	87	1,567	26	948	120	2,633	6,732	1,392	16,955

Total Cases on Docket	51,481	68,123	4,198	183,022	788	54,015	10,782	210,243	288,519	118,685	989,856

Dispositions:
Change of Venue Transfers	174	285	7	74	1	179	36	354	789	344	2,243
Default Judgments	556	453	26	8,433	4	4,247	232	7,221	5,709	4,715	31,596
Agreed Judgments	4,325	4,467	139	1,589	54	2,565	602	36,762	18,196	7,906	76,605
Summary Judgments	245	1,005	53	193	2	903	3	157	99	1,092	3,752

Final Judgments:
After Trial - No Jury	2,532	1,651	145	10,252	68	1,727	789	53,283	31,418	8,372	110,237
By Jury Verdicts	887	809	50	27	6	197		71	76	394	2,517
By Directed Verdicts	60	42	1	16		18		21	89	39	286
Dismissed Want Prosecution	2,759	3,455	191	9,889	10	3,593	328	14,980	10,494	5,209	50,908
Dismissed by Plaintiff	7,795	6,990	278	18,463	87	5,779	641	5,781	16,478	9,458	71,750
Show Causes Disposed									66,690		66,690
Other Dispositions	2,387	4,328	131	6,321	55	2,463	1,036	2,126	7,963	7,189	33,999

Total Dispositions	21,720	23,485	1,021	55,257	287	21,671	3,667	120,756	158,001	44,718	450,583

Cases Pending 8/31/98	29,761	44,638	3,177	127,765	501	32,344	7,115	89,487	130,518	73,967	539,273

Court Jury Activity:
Jury Fee Paid/Oath											31,059
Jury Panel Examined											4,139
Jury Sworn Evid. Presented											4,121

Age of Cases Disposed	3 Months or Less		Over 3 to 6 Months		Over 6 to 12 Months		Over 12 to 18 Months		Over 18 Months		Total

Number of Cases	124,668		88,421		89,814		49,012		98,668		450,583

J U V E N I L E D O C K E T
				Findings of Delinquent
Cases on Docket:	CINS	Delin	Total	Conduct or CINS	CINS	Delin	Total

Cases Pending 9/01/97	1,127	13,441	14,568	Placed on Probation:
Docket Adjustments	82	622	704	Under Parental Care	408	16,187	16,595
New Petitions Filed	751	28,088	28,839	Under Foster Care	5	101	106
Motion Revoke Filed	49	4,214	4,263	Residential Facility	58	4,241	4,299
Other Cases Added	82	4,077	4,159
				Committed to TYC		2,712	2,712
Total on Docket	2,091	50,442	52,533	Judgment No Disp.	15	601	616

Dispositions:				Total	486	23,842	24,328
Find Delin Cond/CINS:
Trials by Judge	443	20,266	20,709
Trials by Jury	5	188	193
Find No Delin Cond/CINS:				Other Juvenile Court Activity:
Trials by Judge	1	226	227
Trials by Jury		40	40	Detention Hearings	699	24,526	25,225
Directed Verdicts		9	9	Hearing Modify Order	30	2,142	2,172
Probation Revoked	9	1,338	1,347	Child Cert. as Adult		360	360
Continue on Probation	80	2,056	2,136	Attorneys Appointed	420	23,333	23,753
Change of Venue Trans.	12	168	180
Dismissed & Other Disp.	479	10,706	11,185

Total Dispositions	1,029	34,997	36,026

Cases Pending 8/31/98	1,062	15,445	16,507

O T H E R P R O C E E D I N G S
	Post-Conviction Writs of Habeas Corpus	Other Writs of Habeas Corpus	Contempt, Extradition and Other Separately Docketed Proceedings	Bond Forfeiture Proceedings
Pending 9/01/97	7,032	2,713	1,907	22,522
Docket Adjustments	(208)	(47)	47	418
Total Added	4,787	4,614	1,281	8,265
Total Disposed	3,691	4,783	1,320	6,339
Pending 8/31/98	7,920	2,497	1,915	24,866

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