First District Statistics | State of Illinois Office of the Illinois Courts
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
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
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Civil & Criminal Caseloads
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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
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Total Pending Caseload* All Case Categories
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Pending
|
|
2024
|
3,496
|
|
2023
|
3,342
|
|
2022
|
2,753
|
|
2021
|
2,812
|
|
2020
|
3,362
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* 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
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Civil & Criminal Caseloads
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Civil Filed
|
Civil Disposed
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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
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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