For the past two weeks, we've been considering which county trial courts produce the Court's civil and criminal dockets, year by year. This week, we're looking at the data for the years 2004 through 2008.
In 2008, the Court decided twenty-two civil cases from Los Angeles County. The Court decided seven cases from San Francisco, five cases from San Diego and Orange County, and three cases from Sacramento County. The Court decided one case each from Fresno, Riverside, Contra Costa, Kings, Tulare, Santa Cruz, Shasta and Yolo counties, as well as one case from the Court's original jurisdiction, one direct appeal from the administrative agencies, and one certified question from the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
In 2005, the Court decided sixteen civil cases from Los Angeles. The Court decided five cases each from San Francisco and Sacramento, four from San Diego, three from Santa Clara and Riverside, and two cases each from Fresno, San Bernardino and Alameda counties. The Court heard one case from Orange, Marin, Santa Barbara, Kern, Stanislaus and El Dorado counties. The Court also heard one direct appeal from an administrative agency and one case on certified question review from the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
In 2006, the Court decided eighteen civil cases from Los Angeles, six from San Francisco and five from Sacramento. The Court decided three cases from Alameda County and three direct appeals from administrative agencies. The Court decided two civil cases from San Diego, Humboldt, Santa Barbara and San Bernardino counties. The Court decided one civil case from San Mateo, Kern, San Luis Obispo, Monterey, Tulare, Santa Cruz, Shasta, Sierra and Inyo counties, as well as one case on certified question review from the Central District of California.
In 2007, the Court decided seventeen civil cases from Los Angeles. The Court decided four cases each from San Francisco, Sacramento and San Diego. The Court decided three cases from Orange and San Bernardino counties, as well as three cases on direct appeal from administrative agencies. The Court decided two cases from Santa Clara and Solano counties. The Court decided one case each from Riverside, Santa Barbara, San Mateo, Contra Costa, Alameda, San Joaquin, Sutter, Kings, Tulare, Shasta, Imperial and Merced counties, and one case on certified question review from the Central District.
In 2008, the Court decided nineteen civil cases from Los Angeles. The Court decided seven civil cases each from San Diego and Orange counties. The Court decided five cases from Alameda County and four from Riverside, San Bernardino and Tulare. The Court decided three cases from Santa Clara County, and two from Contra Costa. Finally, the Court decided one case each from San Francisco, Sacramento, Solano, Ventura, San Luis Obispo and Placer counties.
Join us back here tomorrow as we review the Court's criminal, quasi-criminal and disciplinary docket for these same years.
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