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Illinois Appellate Court Statistics - First District

First District - Chicago

Michael A. Bilandic Building
( Formerly State of Illinois Building)

160 North LaSalle St.
Chicago, IL 60601
(312) 793-5600

Thomas D. Palella, Clerk
Alice Withaar, Research Director

Circuit Court of Cook County
District Population: 5,182,617

 

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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 First District Court Caseload Statistics

Civil & Criminal Caseloads Civil Filed Civil Disposed Criminal Filed Criminal Disposed
2024 1,405 1,418 1,185 1,075
2023 1,370 1,147 1,124 800
2022 1,203 1,242 740 807
2021 926 974 709 1,239
2020 843 1,225 559 1,238

* 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 3,496
2023 3,342
2022 2,753
2021 2,812
2020 3,362

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

 

Annual Total All Districts of Appellate Court Criminal and Civil Caseload Statistics

Civil & Criminal Caseloads Civil Filed Civil Disposed Criminal Filed Criminal Disposed
2024 2,934 2,894 3,763 4,049
2023 2,871 2,611 3,610 2,696
2022 2,640 2,726 1,981 2,374
2021 2,193 2,232 1,812 2,879
2020 1,966 2,608 1,693 2,841

* 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 Filed Disposed
2024 6,697 6,943
2023 6,481 5,307
2022 4,621 5,100
2021 4,005 5,111
2020 3,659 5,449

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