For the past several weeks, we’ve been reviewing the trial courts which produced the Supreme Court’s civil and criminal dockets since 1994.  This week, we’re looking at the years 2009 through 2013 – first up, the civil docket.

The Supreme Court decided only a dozen civil cases from Los Angeles in 2009.  The Court decided five cases from San Diego, four from Orange County, three from Sacramento, and two from Santa Clara, San Francisco, Riverside, Monterey and San Luis Obispo counties.  The Court decided one civil case each from Sonoma, Marin, Mendocino, Alameda, San Joaquin, San Luis Obispo and Yolo counties.  The Court also heard one civil case on direct appeal from an administrative agency, one case within its original jurisdiction, and one case each on certified questions from the United States District Courts for the Central, Northern and Southern Districts of California.

The Court decided thirteen civil cases from Los Angeles in 2010.  The Court decided five civil cases from Santa Clara and four certified question appeals from the Central District of California.  The Court decided three civil cases each from San Francisco and Orange counties and two from Sacramento and Alameda counties.  The Court decided one civil case from Sonoma, San Diego, Marin, Solano, San Joaquin, San Luis Obispo, Monterey and Yolo counties.  The Court also decided one civil case within its original jurisdiction and one certified question appeal from the Northern District of California.

In 2011, the Court decided fifteen civil cases from Los Angeles.  The rest of the Court’s civil docket was widely scattered – two cases each from San Francisco, San Diego and Orange counties, and two certified question appeals each from the Central and Northern Districts of California.  The Court decided one civil case each from Sacramento, San Bernardino, Contra Costa, Ventura, Alameda and Monterey counties.  The Court also decided one case on direct administrative appeal and one case arising from its original jurisdiction.

In 2012, the Court decided only nine civil cases from Los Angeles.  The Court decided three cases each from San Diego and Orange counties, two from Santa Clara, Sacramento and Alameda counties, and one case each from San Francisco, Riverside, San Mateo and Stanislaus counties, and one case arising in the Court’s original jurisdiction.

In 2013, the Court decided fifteen civil cases from Los Angeles.  The rest of the civil docket was once again widely distributed – two cases from Santa Clara and San Francisco counties, and two certified questions from the Central District of California.  The Court decided one civil case each from Sacramento, San Diego, Orange, Marin, Fresno, Riverside, San Bernardino, Contra Costa and Santa Cruz counties, one case on direct appeal from an administrative agency, and one certified question appeal from the Southern District of California.

Join us back here later today as we address the Court’s criminal docket for the same years.

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