By-state statistics on Supreme Court dispositions

Disposition of Supreme Court decisions on certiorari or appeal from state and territory courts, 1950-2006
Prepared by Keith Winstein (keithw at mit . edu), Sept. 6, 2006.

Note: Only includes dispositions with signed opinions. Does not include summary affirmances, summary reversals, or per curiam pluralities.

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State/Territory Affirmed Reversed Vacated Other Total

Alabama 16 (29%) 32 (57%) 4 (7%) 4 (7%) 56

Alaska 1 (17%) 2 (33%) 2 (33%) 1 (17%) 6

Arizona 14 (41%) 19 (56%) 1 (3%) 0 (0%) 34

Arkansas 4 (20%) 13 (65%) 2 (10%) 2 (10%) 20

California 67 (37%) 89 (49%) 20 (11%) 9 (5%) 183

Colorado 6 (40%) 9 (60%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 15

Connecticut 9 (33%) 12 (44%) 5 (19%) 1 (4%) 27

Delaware 4 (44%) 2 (22%) 3 (33%) 0 (0%) 9

Florida 23 (29%) 46 (58%) 7 (9%) 5 (6%) 80

Georgia 14 (23%) 37 (62%) 5 (8%) 5 (8%) 60

Hawaii 1 (25%) 2 (50%) 1 (25%) 0 (0%) 4

Idaho 2 (22%) 7 (78%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 9

Illinois 35 (34%) 52 (50%) 13 (13%) 4 (4%) 103

Indiana 3 (20%) 10 (67%) 0 (0%) 2 (13%) 15

Iowa 4 (29%) 9 (64%) 1 (7%) 0 (0%) 14

Kansas 10 (29%) 20 (59%) 3 (9%) 3 (9%) 34

Kentucky 7 (29%) 17 (71%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 24

Louisiana 10 (21%) 33 (69%) 1 (2%) 4 (8%) 48

Maine 5 (62%) 3 (38%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 8

Maryland 12 (29%) 21 (51%) 7 (17%) 1 (2%) 41

Massachusetts 6 (18%) 24 (73%) 3 (9%) 1 (3%) 33

Michigan 21 (49%) 19 (44%) 3 (7%) 0 (0%) 43

Minnesota 8 (35%) 15 (65%) 1 (4%) 0 (0%) 23

Mississippi 3 (11%) 20 (74%) 4 (15%) 0 (0%) 27

Missouri 12 (33%) 19 (53%) 5 (14%) 0 (0%) 36

Montana 2 (33%) 4 (67%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 6

Nebraska 5 (71%) 3 (43%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 7

Nevada 3 (38%) 4 (50%) 1 (12%) 0 (0%) 8

New Hampshire 2 (20%) 8 (80%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 10

New Jersey 10 (32%) 17 (55%) 1 (3%) 3 (10%) 31

New Mexico 5 (45%) 7 (64%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 11

New York 56 (38%) 78 (53%) 8 (5%) 6 (4%) 146

North Carolina 8 (30%) 15 (56%) 3 (11%) 2 (7%) 27

North Dakota 2 (25%) 5 (62%) 1 (12%) 0 (0%) 8

Ohio 21 (34%) 36 (59%) 5 (8%) 1 (2%) 61

Oklahoma 9 (36%) 16 (64%) 2 (8%) 0 (0%) 25

Oregon 5 (26%) 12 (63%) 2 (11%) 1 (5%) 19

Pennsylvania 22 (42%) 29 (55%) 3 (6%) 1 (2%) 53

Rhode Island 1 (17%) 3 (50%) 1 (17%) 1 (17%) 6

South Carolina 3 (10%) 22 (76%) 3 (10%) 1 (3%) 29

South Dakota 1 (17%) 5 (83%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 6

Tennessee 9 (43%) 12 (57%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 21

Texas 14 (18%) 52 (67%) 8 (10%) 6 (8%) 78

Utah 6 (43%) 7 (50%) 1 (7%) 0 (0%) 14

Vermont 2 (40%) 3 (60%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 5

Virginia 13 (28%) 27 (57%) 3 (6%) 4 (9%) 47

Washington 16 (40%) 21 (52%) 5 (12%) 0 (0%) 40

West Virginia 5 (42%) 7 (58%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 12

Wisconsin 11 (34%) 14 (44%) 6 (19%) 1 (3%) 32

Wyoming 1 (33%) 2 (67%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 3

Puerto Rico 2 (50%) 2 (50%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 4

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