This time, we’re reviewing the reversal rates in civil cases from 1990 to 2020 for the areas of California outside of Los Angeles’ Second District – the First District (San Francisco) and the Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Districts.

Division 4 of the First District had the worst reversal rate in this group – 74.07%.  The Sixth District had a reversal rate of 72.72%.  In the Third District, the reversal rate was 70.09%.  Division 5 of the First District was at 63.04%.  Division 3 of the Fourth District had a reversal rate of 62.5%.  The Fifth District’s reversal rate was 61.67%.  Division 1 of the First District was at 59.57%.  Division 2 was right behind at 58.18%.  The reversal rate in Division 2 of the Fourth was 53.52%.  Half the civil cases from Division 3 of the First District were reversed.  The reversal rate in Division 1 of the Fourth District was 47.52%.

The two busiest courts during the 1990-2020 period were the Third District, which contributed 117 civil cases to the Court’s docket, and the Fourth at 101.  Division 2 of the Fourth District had 80 cases.  Division 1 of the Fourth contributed 71.  The Sixth District had 66 cases and the Fifth had 60.  Division 2 of the First District contributed 55 cases.  There were 54 from Division 4, 47 from Division 1, 46 from Division 5 and 42 cases from Division 3 of the First District.

Division 4 of the First District had the highest reversal rate from 1990 to 1999: 73.91%.  The Sixth District was next at 73.08%, followed by Division 3 of the Fourth at 70%.  Division 5 of the First District was at 68.75%.  Division 2 was at 64.29%.  The Third District had a reversal rate of 63.16%.  The reversal rate in Division 2 of the Fourth District was 60.87%.  The Fifth District had a reversal rate for these years of 58.33%.  Division 1 of the First was at 55.56%, and Division 1 of the Fourth was at 51.52%.  Division 3 of the First District fared best with a reversal rate of 45%.

The Sixth District fared worst between 2000 and 2009, with a civil reversal rate of 81.82%.  The Third District was next at 73.21%.  Division 4 of the First District and the Fifth District were tied with a reversal rate of two-thirds.  Division 2 of the First District was close behind: 64.71%.  Divisions 1 and 5 of the First District were tied at 52.63%.  Division 3 of the First District and Division 3 of the Fourth were also tied: 46.15%.  Division 2 of the Fourth had a reversal rate of 45.45%.  Division 1 of the Fourth District had the best reversal rate for the decade: 43.59%.

Two Divisions of the First District have been reversed over eighty percent of the time between 2010 and 2020: Division 4 (81.25%) and Division 1 (80%).  The Third District was at 73.91% and Division 5 of the First had a reversal rate of 72.73%.  The reversal rate in Division 3 of the Fourth was 70.83%.  Division 3 of the First District was reversed two-thirds of the time, and two courts had a reversal rate of 60%: Division 2 of the Fourth District and the Fifth District.  Division 1 of the Fourth District had a reversal rate of 48.28%.  Division 2 of the First performed best in the past eleven years: 30%.

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