Fifth Circuit Statistics

2,085
Total Cases Argued
739 decided
66%
Overall Affirmance Rate
474 affirmed · 244 reversed
125
Avg Days to Opinion
Argument date to opinion date

Civil vs. Criminal

Affirmed   Reversed
Affirmance RateRateCases
Civil
60.7%n=150
Criminal
73.5%n=132

Cases by Type

All argued cases.

Affirmance Rate by Case Type

Affirmed   Reversed
Affirmance RateRateCases
Criminal (DCRIM)
69.6%n=138
Other Civil Rights
56.5%n=115
Other Contract Actions (Dvsty)
58.3%n=36
Insurance (Dvsty)
67.7%n=31
Bankruptcy
66.7%n=27
Other Statutes
58.3%n=24
Jobs (Civil Rights)
73.9%n=23
Prisoner - Civil Rights
34.8%n=23
Immigration
72.7%n=22
Other Personal Liab (Dvsty)
81%n=21
Unknown
93.3%n=15
Civil Rights
64.3%n=14
Vacate Sentence (2255)
64.3%n=14
Fair Labor Standards Act(FedQ)
50%n=14
Agency
69.2%n=13
Habeas Corpus
66.7%n=12
Other Statutory Actions (FedQ)
80%n=10
Other Personal Liab (Fed Q)
87.5%n=8
Marine (Fed Q)
75%n=8
Copyright (Fed Q)
85.7%n=7
Criminal (NCRIM)
100%n=7
Constitutional-St Stat (Fed Q)
28.6%n=7
P.I. - Product Liab (Dvsty)
85.7%n=7
Americans w/Disab Act-Empl
66.7%n=6
Insurance (Fed Q)
50%n=6
Motor Vehicle (Dvsty)
66.7%n=6
Other Property Actions (Fed Q)
83.3%n=6
Other Contract Actions (Fed Q)
60%n=5
Voting (Civil Rights)
40%n=5
Other Property Actions (Dvsty)
60%n=5

Affirmance Rate by Case Posture (Who Is the Appellant)

Affirmed   Reversed
Affirmance RateRateCases
Unknown
66%n=718

Affirmance Rate by Time to Opinion

Affirmed   Reversed
Affirmance RateRateCasesAvg Days
0–30 days
77.5%n=11116 avg days
31–90 days
70.7%n=27659 avg days
91–180 days
63.1%n=195126 avg days
181–365 days
44.4%n=90245 avg days
Over 1 year
60.6%n=33709 avg days

Time to Opinion: Affirmed vs. Reversed

Based on cases with a known outcome and a non-negative days-to-opinion value.

71
Median Days – Affirmed
Avg 115.3 days · n=464
104
Median Days – Reversed
Avg 142.8 days · n=241