Court Statistics

Statistics on Arkansas Courts

Total Cases Filed In
Circuit Court and Chancery/Probate Court

Year
Circuit
Chancery/
Probate
Statewide
Total
FY85/8667,73652,963120,699
FY86/8770,85353,426124,279
FY87/8860,26154,891115,152
FY88/8968,35360,250128,603
FY89/9058,55281,306139,858
FY90/9161,81281,311143,123
FY91/9267,04488,925155,969
FY92/9367,75093,014160,764
FY93/9470,57299,556170,128
FY94/9576,314104,366180,680


Statewide Average Filings Per Judge

Year
Circuit
Chancery/
Probate
Statewide
Total
FY85/861,8821,5581,724
FY86/871,9681,5711,775
FY87/881,6511,5911,622
FY88/891,7751,6071,692
FY89/901,1951,6941,442
FY90/911,2491,6761,460
FY91/921,3411,8151,575
FY92/931,3551,8981,624
FY93/941,4551,9331,701
FY94/951,4961,9691,737


Total Cases Filed -- All Courts -- Filings per Judge

Circuit
Criminal
Civil
Chancery
Probate
Juvenile
Total
Judges
Per Judge
12,6271,1793,3907309878,91351,783
25,7562,3267,754 1,2892,28519,41082,426
31,1554551,274 3834293,69621,848
43,8571,4933,014 5771,55710,49852,100
52,0266391,388 4521,1075,61231,871
67,7974,10810,358 2,7312,87627,870171,639
71,7851,2902,751 6698477,34241,836
82,2805712,151 4869036,39141,598
9E268222832 1792311,73211,732
9W6853211,396 2693793,05021,525
102,7597562,959 4458567,77551,555
11E684234724 1641521,95811,958
11W2,1508853,697 4791,5648,77561,463
124,8811,3444,317 7741,48412,80071,829
132,9669163,662 7519599,25461,542
142,1824732,164 4733745,66631,889
151,1805162,029 4082744,40731,469
161,6085531,918 5059285,51231,837
17E1,1445072,240 3274324,65031,550
17W4074771,160 2572852,58621,293
18E8058611,907 6348595,06641,267
18W574111834 1571191,79511,795
192,5459953,740 6631,0999,04251,808
202,1827792,552 4728956,88041,720
TOTALS54,30322,011 68,21114,27421,881180,680104 1,737


General Jurisdiction Courts
Caseload Summary
Fiscal Year 1994-1995


Criminal
Civil
Chancery
Probate
Juvenile
TOTALS
Cases Filed54,30322,01168,21114,27421,881180,680
Cases Terminated50,54421,14263,89512,68621,412169,679
Pending End45,58119,97940,09438,5038,538152,695


Supreme Court
Caseload Summary
Fiscal Year 1994-1995


Appeals
Filed
Appeals
Terminated
Pending
End
Criminal261252136
Civil287298115
Total548550251


Court of Appeals
Caseload Summary
Fiscal Year 1994-1995


Appeals
Filed
Appeals
Terminated
Pending
End
Criminal329288275
Civil547450448
ESD265201236
Total1,141939959


1994-95 Written Opinions
Supreme Court


Total
Opinions
BROWN85
CORBIN57
DUDLEY65
GLAZE70
HAYS32
HOLT52
NEWBERN63
ROAF31
SPECIAL17
PER CURIAM56
TOTAL528


1994-95 Written Opinions
Court of Appeals


Total
Opinions
COOPER117
JENNINGS103
MAYFIELD122
PITTMAN111
ROBBINS102
ROGERS93
SPECIAL9
PER CURIAM4
TOTAL661


Municipal/City Courts
Statewide Summary

MUNICIPAL
COURTS
FILEDCONVICTED*DISMISSED*APPEALED*FINES/COSTS
ASSESSED
FINES/COSTS
COLLECTED
Criminal277,531161,63548,9832,615$23,597,021$11,848,943
DWI25,21016,5011,728952$12,259,756$4,985,024
Other
Traffic
426,201246,05360,4361,396$25,024,224$17,739,343
Sub Total728,942424,189111,1474,963$60,881,001$34,573,310
Civil69,30534,841

$1,656,374$1,928,087
Total798,247459,030111,1474,963$62,537,375$36,501,397
Felonies
Bound
Over
14,615




CITY
COURTS






Criminal11,2505,9841,697103$1,071,941$630,184
DWI1,6209115763$786,157$444,653
Other
Traffic
42,67020,7793,372214$3,001,957$2,540,875
Sub Total55,54027,6745,126380$4,860,055$3,615,712
Civil7,5199,277

$9,205$8,459
Total63,05936,9515,126380$4,869,260$3,624,171
STATEWIDE
TOTAL
861,306495,981116,2735,343$67,406,635$40,125,568
* Due to the variety of dispositions in Limited Jurisdiction Courts, it is difficult to ascertain precise disposition figures.


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Last updated on February 15, 1996.

Tim Holthoff, Jackie Wright (arsclib@arkansas.gov)