Court Statistics Reports

In its Annual Court Statistics Report for 2001, the Judicial Council of California indicates that only 6% of the majority opinions decided by Courts of Appeal in California in fiscal year 1999-2000 were published.

Table 9

Percentage of Majority Opinions Published

Fiscal Year 1999-00; Courts of Appeal
Court Total Civil
appeals		 Criminal
appeals		 Juvenile
appeals		 Original
appeals
Statewide 6% 11% 4% 2% 15%
First District 7% 11% 4% 1% 12%
Division 1 6% 13% 1% 0% 0%
Division 2 7% 11% 4% 2% 12%
Division 3 6% 10% 3% 2% 3%
Division 4 8% 11% 9% 0% 5%
Division 5 10% 12% 4% 2% 38%
Second District 7% 11% 3% 3% 19%
Division 1 4% 7% 1% 0% 9%
Division 2 6% 12% 3% 2% 8%
Division 3 8% 12% 3% 6% 23%
Division 4 12% 21% 5% 0% 26%
Division 5 8% 12% 5% 6% 13%
Division 6 7% 7% 4% 7% 55%
Division 7 4% 6% 2% 0% 9%
Third District 7% 15% 4% 4% 16%
Fourth District 7% 10% 4% 2% 16%
Division 1 7% 9% 6% 2% 14%
Division 2 6% 13% 2% 0% 28%
Division 3 7% 9% 5% 4% 12%
Fifth District 4% 7% 3% 2% 5%
Sixth District 5% 7% 2% 2% 21%


The full text of this report is available here:

Judicial Council of California
Court Statistics Report
Annual Report 2001

And portions of the 1998 annual report are here:

Judicial Council of California
Court Statistics Report
Annual Report 1998