Monday, June 28, 2010

Court of Appeals 2009 Annual Report

The following are some notable statistics from this year's Court of Appeals 2009 Annual Report:

  212 appeals were decided by the Court in 2009, slightly down from the number of appeals decided in 2008.  Of those appeals decided in 2009, 161 were unanimous with 16 concurrences and 45 dissenting opinions.  

  The average time from submission to a decision was 36 days.

  The average time from the filing of notice of appeal or order granting leave to appeal to oral argument is 7.5 months.

•  The average time from completion of briefing to oral argument is approximately 3 months.  

  The Court granted 7.2% of all motions for leave to appeal in civil cases, up from 6.8% in 2008.

  The Appellate Divisions issued 65 orders granting leave to appeal to the Court of Appeals.  Of those orders, the First Department issued over half (39 in all).  


 

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