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Appellate Court Total Caseload Statistics | State of Illinois Office of the Illinois Courts

Total All Districts of Appellate Court Criminal and Civil Caseload Statistics

Civil & Criminal Caseloads Civil** Filed Civil** Disposed Criminal Filed Criminal Disposed
20222,6402,7261,9812,374
20212,1932,2321,8122,879
20201,9662,6081,6932,841
2019 3,239 3,219 2,546 2,884
2018 3,113 3,378 2,563 2,787

** Totals do not include Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission Cases
Source: 2022 Annual Report of the Supreme Court of Illinois

Total Pending Caseload* All Case Categories FiledDisposed
20224,6215,100
20214,0055,111
20203,6595,449
2019 5,7856,103
2018 5,6766,165

* Beginning in 2017, totals do not include Illinois Worker’s Compensation Commission Cases
Source: 2022 Annual Report of the Supreme Court of Illinois