United States yearbook - 1982 (1)

188 Law Enforcement, Federal Courts, and Prisons
No. 318. U.S. d istrict Courts—Civil and Criminal Cases: 1965 to 1981
[In thousands, except percent. For years ending June 30. See also H is to ric a l S ta tis tic s , C o lo n ia l T im e s to 1 97 0, series H 1097-
ITEM 1 9 6 5 1 9 7 0 1 9 7 3 1 9 7 4 1 9 7 5 1 9 7 6 1 9 7 7 1 9 7 8 1 9 7 9 1 9 8 0 1 9 8 1
Civil cases: Commenced..__ _______ 67.7 87.3 98.6 10 3 . 5 1 1 7 . 3 1 3 0 . 6 1 3 0 . 6 13 8 . 8 154.7 16 8 . 8 180.6
Cases terminated............................... 63.1 79.5 97.4 96 . 7 1 0 3 . 8 1 0 6 . 3 1 1 5 . 5 1 2 3 . 2 140.0 1 5 5 . 0 1 7 2 . 9
Mo court action 29.3 31.1 3 7 . 0 35 . 9 3 9 . 2 4 1 . 7 4 5 . 2 4 5 . 3 60.2 68 . 7 7 £ 1
Court action, total 33.8 48.4 6 0 .4 60 . 8 6 4 .6 6 6 .6 7 0 . 3 7 7 .8 79.9 8 6 . 2 1 0 0 . 8
Before prefrial........................... 17.1 29 . 4 36 . 9 3 8 . 6 4 0 . 3 4 1 . 6 4 3 . 5 4 8 . 7 49 . 7 5 3 . 8 61,1
Pretrial. 9.4 11.0 15.2 13.9 15 . 6 1 6 . 2 17 . 7 19 . 7 20.S 2 2 . 4 2 8 . 3
Trials......................................... 7.3 8.0 8.3 6.4 8.7 8 . 8 9.0 9.4 9.6 10.1 1 1 . 4
Percent reaching trial1............. 11.9 10.0 8.5 8.7 8.4 8.1 7 . 8 7 . 6 6.9 6 . 5 6.6
Criminal cases: Commenceda.............. 31.6 38.1 40.4 37.7 41.1 39.1 3 9 . 8 3 4 . 6 31.5 2 6 . 0 30.4
Defendants disposed of3 ................. . 33.7 36 . 4 46.7 48.0 4 9 . 2 5 1 . 8 5 3 . 2 4 5 , 9 41.2 3 6 . 6 38.1
Not convicted................................ 5,0 8.2 11.7 11.8 11.8 11 . 5 11.7 9.4 8.3 8.0 8.3
Dismissed................................... 3.8 6.6 9.8 10.0 10.3 9.8 10 . 0 7.8 6.8 6.6 7.0
Acquitted................................... 1.2 1.6 2.0 1.8 1.6 1.7 1.0 1.6 1.5 1.3 1.3
Convicted 28.8 26.2 35.0 36.2 3 7 . 4 40.1 4 1 . 5 36 . 5 32.9 2 8 . 6 29.9
By guilty plea *............................ 25.9 24.1 29.0 30.7 31 . 8 3 4 . 0 3 5 . 3 31.1 27.3 23.1 24 . 3
By court or jury........................... 2.8 4.1 6.0 5.6 5.6 6.1 8.1 5.4 5.6 5.5 5.5
Imprisonment.............................. 13.7 12.4 17.b 17.2 17.3 18 . 5 1 9 . 0 17 . 4 14.6 13 . 2 13,7
Probation................................... 10.8 11.4 15.0 16.6 17.9 18.2 16.1 14.5 13.5 11.1 12.2
Fine and other........................... 4.3 4.4 2.4 2.4 2.2 3.4 5.8 4.6 4.9 4.4 4.0
1Excludes land condemnation cases. ‘ Excludes transfers. ‘ Excludes D.C., Canal Zone, Guam, and Virgin Islands, except
that defendants disposed of includes D.C. beginning 1973; Canal Zone, Guam, and Virgin Islands beginning 1976; and N. Mariana
Islands beginning 1978. 'Includes nolo contendere.
No. 319. U.s. District Courts—Civil Cases Commenced and Terminated: 1981
[For year ending June 30]
N A T U R E O F SUIT
Cases
commenced
Cases
terminated
No
court
action
Total
court
action
Before
pretrial
Pretrial
Trials,
total1
Percent
reaching
trial
Total33.................................................... 1 8 0 , 6 7 6 1 7 7 , 9 7 5 7 3 , 6 5 0 1 0 4 , 4 2 5 6 4 , 0 1 7 2 8 , 4 7 5 1 1 , 9 3 3 6. 7
U.S. cases9................................................
Contract actions..............................................
Real property actions.......................................
Tori actions....................................................
Actions under statute?
Private cases9......
Federal question___
Diversity of citizenship4.....................................
Contract actions....
Tort actions..........
6 1 , 6 4 5
23,451
6,051
3 . 3 7 0
28.961
1 18,731
7 2 , 5 1 4
4 5 , 4 4 4
2 1 , 7 3 6
2 1 . 6 9 2
6 6 , 0 8 3
2 3 , 8 8 2
8,731
3 , 6 2 3
2 5 , 6 9 3
1 1 1 , 8 9 2
71, 6 9 1
3 9 , 3 8 2
1 9 , 6 2 5
1 8 , 1 5 6
3 4 , 4 7 5
1 9 , 2 7 0
3 , 6 4 5
1 , 4 2 2
8 , 2 6 5
3 9 , 0 7 5
2 1 , 9 8 5
1 6 , 5 2 9
8,731
6 , 9 5 7
3 1 , 6 0 8
4 , 6 1 2
5 , 0 8 6
2, 2 0 1
1 7 , 4 2 8
7 2 , 8 1 7
4 9 , 7 0 6
2 2 , 8 5 3
1 0 , 6 9 4
1 1 , 1 9 9
2 6 , 0 7 6
4 , 0 1 2
4 , 1 5 8
1, 0 6 1
1 5 , 2 1 8
3 7 , 9 4 1
2 9 , 2 1 0
8 , 6 2 3
4 , 7 8 1
3 , 4 2 3
3 , 3 0 9
4 5 4
3 5 4
6 6 6
1,411
2 6 , 1 6 6
11ndicates the number of cases terminated where there was a trial. Table 317 indicates the number of civil trials that were
completed. The cases themselves may not have been terminated. ‘ Includes prisoner petitions, land condemnations and
deportations not shown separately includes local jurisdiction cases and other actions not shown separately. 'includes real
property actions not shown separtely.
1 5 , 3 4 0
No. 320. U.S. District Courts—Criminal Cases Commenced and Defendants Disposed o f, by
Nature of Offense: 1980 and 1981
[For years ending June 30]
9 , 7 9 0
4 , 1 8 9
5 . 3 8 8
2 , 2 2 3
1 4 6
5 7 4
4 7 4
7 9 9
9 , 7 1 0
5 , 1 5 6
4 , 4 4 0
1 , 9 2 4
2 3 8 8
3.4
.6
6 . 6
13.1
3.1
8.7
7.2
1 1 . 3
9 . 8
1 3 . 2
N A T U R E O F O F F E N S E
1980
Cases
commenced1
Defendants
disposed
of
1981,
cases
commenced1
D I S P O S I T I O N O F D E F E N D A N T S , 1 9 6 1
Not convicted Convicted Sentenced
Total
Acquited
Total Guilty
plea
By
court
or jury
Imprisonment
Probation
Fine
and
other
TotalJ................................ 27,968 36,560 30,355 8,259 1,278 2 9 , 8 6 8 24,322 5 , 5 4 6 13,700 12,173
Homicide................ ............... 141 170 186 49 15 119 69 50 81 19
Robbery 1,251 1,441 1,415 206 36 1,308 1,029 279 1,213 95
Assault 555 597 559 192 35 438 324 114 262 156
Burglary 151 176 125 33 5 110 97 13 63 46
Larceny—theft........................ 3,033 3,977 3,030 727 124 3,026 2,690 336 1,269 1,546
Embezzfemerrt and fraud........ 6,210 7,188 6,580 1,296 264 6,335 5,458 877 2,352 3,723
Auto th e ft.............................. 381 558 305 133 2 2 410 344 66 270 134
Forgery, counterfeiting........... 2,124 2,312, 1,810 354 45 1,748 1,554 194 968 775
Sex offenses......................... 150 137 152 59 17 97 69 28 61 32
DAPCA3............................... 3.130 6,343 3,697 1,862 277 5,346 3,757 1,589 3.856 1,371
Mlsc. genera! offenses............ 7,240 7,907 8,416 2,124 272 6,271 4,749 1,522 1.678 1 , 8 5 9
- Represents zero, ‘Excludes transfers. ‘ Includes items not shown separately. 3All marihuana, narcotics and
controlled substances prosecutions under the Drug Abuse, Prevention and Control Act.
Source of tables 318-320; Administrative Office o f the U.S. Courts, Annual Report o f the Director.
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211
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1 1 9
2 . 7 3 4