Courts of Appeals
Total of Reported Activity
for the Year Ended August 31, 1997
	Civil and Criminal Cases
										1	Averages
											Per
								Totals			Justice
	Cases Pending September 1, 1996							10,539			131.7
	Cases Added During the Year Ended August 31, 1997:
		New cases filed					10,754			134.4
		Other cases added					765			9.6
			Total Cases Added During the Year					11,519			144.0
	Cases Disposed During the Year:
		Cases affirmed					5,427			67.8
		Cases modified and/or reformed and affirmed					145			1.8
		Cases affirmed in part and in part reversed
		and remanded					184			2.3
		Cases affirmed in part and in part reversed
		and rendered					49			0.6
		Cases reversed and remanded					749			9.4
		Cases reversed and rendered					213			2.7
		Cases otherwise disposed					2,016			25.2
		Cases dismissed					2,399			30.0
		Case consolidations or voids					67			0.8
			Total Cases Disposed					11,249			140.6
	Cases Pending August 31, 1997:							10,809			135.1
	Opinions Written During the Year							10,480			131.0
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1	Averages based on 80 justices.