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The Third District Appellate Court is located in Ottawa and hears cases appealed from trial courts in 7 counties.

Circuits: 12th (Will), 13th (Bureau, Grundy & LaSalle), 18th (DuPage), 21st (Iroquois & Kankakee)

Third District - Ottawa

Appellate Court Building

1004 Columbus Street
Ottawa, IL 61350
(815) 434-5050

Zachary A. Hooper, Clerk

Hailey Rehberg Witt, Research Director

District Population: 1,972,913

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Illinois Appellate Court Statistics Dashboard

The Illinois Appellate Court Statistical Report Dashboard is a comprehensive summary of caseload statistic information sourced directly from the annual Illinois Supreme Court Statistical Reports for the years of 2020 to 2024.

 


Annual Third District Court Caseload Statistics

Civil & Criminal Caseloads Civil Filed Civil Disposed Criminal Filed Criminal Disposed
2024 313 326 392 542
2023 337 356 436 378
2022 333 313 188 346
2021 302 311 253 353
2020 235 338 273 351

* Totals do not include Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission Cases
Source: 2024 Annual Report of the Supreme Court of Illinois

Total Pending Caseload* All Case Categories Pending
2024 421
2023 578
2022 252
2021 664
2020 787

* Beginning in 2017, totals do not include Illinois Worker’s Compensation Commission Cases
Source: 2024 Annual Report of the Supreme Court of Illinois

 

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