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~---~ --- ----~--------~----------------------Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics 1983Judicial Processing of DefendantsTable 5.25 Appeals from U.S. District Courh filed in U.S. Courts of Appeals, by nature of suit or offense, years ending June 30, 1971-82)\OTE: See )\OTE, Figure 5.9. 'Private cases" brought in U.S. District Courts include suits whereinlitigation is between States and/or private citizens. Prisoner petitions included in this categoryare those filed by State prisoners naming a State or its representative(s) as the defendant(s)."DiVersity of citizenship" refers to lawsuits between residents of different States.Percentchan9«=Nature of suit1982 overor offense 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 19!10 19!11 19!12 1981Total cases 10,79f.l 12,379 13,329 13,491 13,679 15,054 15,718 15,649 16,322 19,259 21,391 23,551 10.1Total civil cases 7,601 8,399 8,876 9,424 9,492 10,404 10,980 11,162 12,220 14,854 17,014 18,784 10.4U.S. coses 2,367 2,604 2,704 3,267 2,981 3,327 3,622 3,928 3,983 4,654 4,94U 5,517 11.7U.S. plointiff 363 399 388 510 513 407 449 537 720 869 777 899 15.7Contract o-:tions 28 45 34 45 57 41 24 52 64 99 5'i 91 65.5Real property actions 81 70 66 95 73 67 73 67 71 101 141 148 5.0Civil rights 34 38 22 62 42 44 55 49 49 62 47 96 IU4.3Labor lows 67 83 75 82 65 59 52 46 46 68 82 87 6.1All ot!1er 153 1';3 191 226 276 196 245 323 490 539 452 477 5.5U.S. defendant 2,004 2,205 2,316 2,757 2,468 2,920 3,173 3,391 3,263 3,785 4,163 4,618 10.9Contract actions 155 138 129 156 115 134 107 209 0 15!l 179 212 148 -3U.2Real property actions 19 45 51 40 40 33 32 58 0 62 63 82 83 1.2Tort actions 119 162 165 163 146 162 181 286 30!l 324 395 44] 12.2Civil rights Nt>. Nt>. Nt>. Nt>. Nt>. Nt>. Nt>. 405 432 454 469 619 32.0Prisoner petitions:Motions to vocatesentence 474 504 579 684 509 526 502 343 389 450 459 359 -21.8Habeas corpus 261 234 261 261 207 206 242 268 214 302 344 455 32.3Prisoner civil rights 36 39 53 53 61 64 71 89 102 159 234 234 0.0D+her prisoner petitions 99 113 108 225 103 99 60 59 70 96 118 ISS 31.4Selective Service Act 145 8B 14 6 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 XSocial Security laws 130 210 193 246 247 293 478 585 0 574 627 642 779 21.3Tax suits 220 260 213 233 220 212 193 240 206 197 239 248 3.8All other 346 412 550 690 818 1,191 1,304 849 0 748 934 784 875 11.6Pr ivate ':ases 5,234 5,795 6,172 6,157 6,511 7,077 7,358 7,234 8,237 10,200 12,074 13,267 9.9Feder'Ji question 3,697 4,053 4,483 4,521 4,676 5,267 5,589 5,383 6,208 7,728 9,005 9,994 11.0':':ontract actions 91 132 113 163 126 143 137 165 201 252 3U7 373 21.5Tort action~ 191 262 381 319 310 341 349 378 412 497 581 600 3.3Civil rights 804 991 953 1,118 1,126 1,297 1,334 1,535 1,795 l,145 2,5!l7 2,787 7.7.A.ntitrust 227 131 190 256 233 251 261 279 274 343 391 378 -3.3Prisoner petitions:Habeas corpus 1,261 1,319 1,301 1,084 871 866 837 676 859 1,020 1,258 1,529 21.5Prisoner Givil rights 311 349 47H 472 633 619 774 753 1,069 1,57!l 1,!l51 2,03!l 10.1Other pi "ncr petitions 71 56 49 46 48 54 39 37 50 70 47 63 34.0Labor lows 236 226 26U 235 284 279 287 349 363 417 580 70'1 21.4Copyrights, potent andtrademark 134 117 144 114 149 150 95 234 0 232 270 394 434 10.2All other 371 470 614 714 896 1,267 1,476 977 0 953 1,136 594 666 12.1Diversity ot citizen! r 1,286 1,499 1,46H 1,527 1,745 1,714 1,713 1,7')6 i,!i91 2,427 3,03U 3,217 6.2Contract actions 665 789 779 864 1,004 942 996 980 1,129 1,362 1,815 1,!lC8 -0.4Tort actions 562 610 62U 605 619 709 622 700 775 996 1,02~ 1,24U 20.5All other 59 100 69 58 122 63 95 116 87 69 186 1169 -9.1General local jurisdiction 251 243 221 109 90 96 56 55 38 4!i 39 56 43.6Contract actions 77 25 119 73 47 46 33 II 10 10 1,815 1,808 -0.4Tort actions 54 65 74 22 22 25 14 8 II 14 I ,Ol~ 1,240 20.5Prisoner petitions 22 7 5 II 6 II 9 I 0 7 0 0 XAll other 9B 146 23 13 15 14 0 35 17 14 39 56 43.6Totol crimi no I cases 3,197 3,9BO 4,453 4,067 4,187 4,650 4,738 4,487 4,102 4,~05 4,377 4,767 8.9t-bmicide 66 76 97 46 63 48 39 51 41 52 51 62 21.6Robbery and burglory 500 515 518 435 420 484 396 35!l 291 3'10 304 362 19.1Larce .. y and theft 248 261 268 223 276 303 251 306 247 244 324 285 -12.0Embezzlement and fraud 285 28!l 369 392 424 482 650 704 689 826 887 912 2.!lAuto theft 180 178 178 164 143 139 116 84 95 64 64 60 -6.3Narcotics 565 820 I,DI 1,328 : ,332 1,388 1,381 1,303 1,371 1,369 1,5!l3 1,605 1.4Extortion, racketeering,and threats 7!l 162 165 145 III 184 176 154 153 251 143 158 10.5Firearms 173 246 215 258 265 301 276 298 221 175 169 281 48.7Forgery and counterfeiting Nt>. Nt>. Nt>. Nt>. Nt>. Nt>. N\ 178 188 214 167 194 16.2Selective Service Act 261 324 214 95 56 14 5 0 0 0 0 0 XAll other 841 1 1 110 1 1 158 981 1 1 097 1 1 307 1144!l 1,0Sl a 806 900 4!l0 675 40.6aData revised from previous report.Source: Administrative Office of the United States Courts, Annual Report of the Director, 1977 (Preliminary Report), p. 68; ill!! (PreliminaryReport), p. 46; 1980, p. 45; 1982, p. 82 (Washington, D.C.: Administrative Office of the United States Courts). Table adopted by S(LRCEBOO< staff.516l'IiI!):IiIi1111II11IIf·Agure 5.10 Appeals commenced and judgeships authorized in U.S. Courts of Appeals, selected years endingJune 30, 1940-82)\OTE: Data on the number of appeals commenced are prOVided by clerks of court of the I I :..1.5.Courts of Appeals. The case load of the U.S. Courts of Appeals consists of civil and criminalappeals from U.S. District Courts, bankruptcy appeals, appeals from administrative agencies(Notional Lobor Relations Boord, Environmental Protection Agency, etc.), and original proceedings.Appealscommenced(!n thousands)Judgeships30 r-----------------------------------------------------~ 180252015.-.I .....105(57) ____ ..",..",.--(3,446)----=-/(68)~(65) "'"(2,830)////'(97)/ //o~I--~------~~------~~------~------.--~~j...... --_ Appeals commenced(In thousands)____ JudgeshipsSource: AdministratIve Office of the United States Courts, Annual Report of the Director, 1980, p. I; 1982, p.77, Table I (Washington, D.C.: AdmInIstratIve Office of the United States Courts). FIgure constructed bySURCEBOO< stoff.7//12090........III60o