Disposition of Supreme Court decisions on certiorari or appeal from state and territory supreme courts, and from federal courts of appeals, 1950-2006
Prepared by Keith Winstein (keithw at mit . edu), Sept. 6, 2006.

Corrected Sept. 6: An older version of this page erroniously included cases heard on certiorari or appeal from federal district courts.

See also the last dozen years.

Note: Only includes dispositions with signed opinions. Does not include summary affirmances, summary reversals, per curiam pluralities, or certiorari to state intermediate appellate courts.

State/TerritoryAffirmedReversedVacatedOtherTotal
Alabama12 (27%)27 (61%)2 (5%)3 (7%)44
Alaska1 (25%)2 (50%)1 (25%)0 (0%)4
Arizona9 (32%)18 (64%)1 (4%)0 (0%)28
Arkansas4 (25%)9 (56%)2 (12%)2 (12%)16
California24 (39%)29 (47%)7 (11%)3 (5%)62
Colorado4 (36%)7 (64%)0 (0%)0 (0%)11
Connecticut5 (38%)6 (46%)1 (8%)1 (8%)13
Delaware2 (33%)2 (33%)2 (33%)0 (0%)6
Florida17 (37%)23 (50%)3 (7%)4 (9%)46
Georgia7 (18%)24 (62%)3 (8%)5 (13%)39
Hawaii1 (33%)2 (67%)0 (0%)0 (0%)3
Idaho1 (12%)7 (88%)0 (0%)0 (0%)8
Illinois17 (35%)22 (45%)9 (18%)2 (4%)49
Indiana3 (43%)2 (29%)0 (0%)2 (29%)7
Iowa3 (27%)7 (64%)1 (9%)0 (0%)11
Kansas7 (27%)14 (54%)3 (12%)3 (12%)26
Kentucky7 (32%)15 (68%)0 (0%)0 (0%)22
Louisiana5 (15%)25 (74%)0 (0%)4 (12%)34
Maine5 (62%)3 (38%)0 (0%)0 (0%)8
Maryland10 (30%)15 (45%)7 (21%)1 (3%)33
Massachusetts3 (17%)13 (72%)2 (11%)0 (0%)18
Michigan17 (47%)17 (47%)2 (6%)0 (0%)36
Minnesota5 (33%)10 (67%)0 (0%)0 (0%)15
Mississippi2 (11%)16 (84%)1 (5%)0 (0%)19
Missouri6 (26%)14 (61%)3 (13%)0 (0%)23
Montana1 (25%)3 (75%)0 (0%)0 (0%)4
Nebraska3 (60%)2 (40%)0 (0%)0 (0%)5
Nevada3 (43%)3 (43%)1 (14%)0 (0%)7
New Hampshire2 (20%)8 (80%)0 (0%)0 (0%)10
New Jersey8 (36%)11 (50%)0 (0%)3 (14%)22
New Mexico5 (50%)6 (60%)0 (0%)0 (0%)10
New York35 (42%)44 (53%)4 (5%)0 (0%)83
North Carolina6 (30%)9 (45%)3 (15%)2 (10%)20
North Dakota2 (33%)3 (50%)1 (17%)0 (0%)6
Ohio14 (33%)26 (62%)4 (10%)0 (0%)42
Oklahoma6 (32%)11 (58%)2 (11%)0 (0%)19
Oregon3 (20%)9 (60%)2 (13%)1 (7%)15
Pennsylvania7 (29%)16 (67%)1 (4%)1 (4%)24
Rhode Island0 (0%)2 (50%)1 (25%)1 (25%)4
South Carolina3 (12%)19 (73%)3 (12%)1 (4%)26
South Dakota1 (20%)4 (80%)0 (0%)0 (0%)5
Tennessee7 (47%)8 (53%)0 (0%)0 (0%)15
Texas5 (16%)22 (71%)3 (10%)1 (3%)31
Utah3 (60%)2 (40%)0 (0%)0 (0%)5
Vermont2 (50%)2 (50%)0 (0%)0 (0%)4
Virginia9 (26%)22 (65%)0 (0%)3 (9%)34
Washington12 (38%)17 (53%)4 (12%)0 (0%)32
West Virginia3 (33%)6 (67%)0 (0%)0 (0%)9
Wisconsin9 (38%)12 (50%)3 (12%)0 (0%)24
Wyoming0 (0%)1 (100%)0 (0%)0 (0%)1
Puerto Rico2 (67%)1 (33%)0 (0%)0 (0%)3
All State Supreme Courts328 (32%)598 (57%)82 (8%)43 (4%)1041

First Circuit44 (39%)52 (46%)13 (12%)5 (4%)113
Second Circuit175 (44%)193 (48%)24 (6%)12 (3%)398
Third Circuit112 (43%)122 (47%)19 (7%)11 (4%)261
Fourth Circuit95 (43%)106 (48%)18 (8%)7 (3%)223
Fifth Circuit143 (34%)232 (56%)32 (8%)17 (4%)418
Sixth Circuit106 (36%)166 (56%)19 (6%)10 (3%)297
Seventh Circuit112 (37%)159 (52%)27 (9%)9 (3%)303
Eighth Circuit73 (33%)121 (55%)21 (10%)5 (2%)220
Ninth Circuit178 (29%)347 (57%)63 (10%)22 (4%)604
Tenth Circuit61 (38%)90 (56%)8 (5%)4 (2%)161
Eleventh Circuit51 (40%)60 (48%)10 (8%)7 (6%)126
District of Columbia Circuit92 (30%)190 (62%)28 (9%)9 (3%)304
Federal Circuit11 (26%)21 (50%)9 (21%)1 (2%)42
All Federal Courts of Appeals1253 (36%)1859 (54%)291 (8%)119 (3%)3470