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The Fourth District Appellate Court is located in Springfield and hears cases appealed from trial courts in 41 counties.

Circuits: 7th (Greene, Jersey, Macoupin, Morgan, Sangamon & Scott), 8th (Adams, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Mason, Menard, Pike & Schuyler), 9th (Fulton, Hancock, Henderson, Knox, McDonough & Warren), 10th (Marshall, Peoria, Putnam, Stark & Tazewell), 11th (Ford, Livingston, Logan, McLean & Woodford), 14th (Henry, Mercer, Rock Island & Whiteside), 15th (Carroll, Jo Daviess, Lee, Ogle & Stephenson), 17th (Boone & Winnebago)

Fourth District - Springfield

201 West Monroe Street
 Springfield, IL 62708
(217) 782-2586

Carla Bender, Clerk
John Gabala, Research Director

District Population: 1,969,853

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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 491 501 914 991
2023 514 506 857 669
2022 473 441 488 530
2021 313 311 379 491
2020 257 303 346 535

* 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 669
2023 742
2022 549
2021 571
2020 692

* 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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