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Los Angeles County Superior Court Activity
Jury Trials & Cases Filed

Jury Trials

Year	Total	Felony¹	Misdemeanor	Personal Injury/ Property Damage/ Wrongful Death Unlimited Civil	Other Unlimited Civil	Limited Civil	Probate & Mental Health
2004-2005	3,135	1,805	664	301	121	244	0
2003-2004	3,591	2,075	722	395	171	225	3
2002-2003	3,977	2,286	905	413	121	252	0
2001-2002	4,672	2,496	1,384	334	116	341	0
2000-2001	4,694	2,573	1,414	249	70	388	0
1999-2000	5,800	2,835	1,764	483	216	492	10
1998-1999	5,334	2,286	1,798	482	211	549	8

Cases Filed

Year	Probate	Family Law (Marital)²	Other Family Law Petitions	Motor Vehicle Injury, Wrongful Death, Personal Injury & Property Damage	Other Personal Injury & Property Damage	Eminent Domain³	Other Civil Complaints & Petitions³	Other Civil Petitions	Limited Civil⁴
2004-2005	12,395	39,671	97,088	9,203	7,836	---	25,318	---	146,698
2003-2004	92,245	37,307	92,245	10,435	9,333	---	26,783	---	158,541
2002-2003	12,327	38,811	83,862	14,941	10,103	---	28,043	---	182,367
2001-2002	12,941	40,468	---	15,358	10,183	---	33,901	108,040	184,679
2000-2001	12,691	38,850	---	14,851	9,956	---	29,820	106,101	177,149
1999-2000	12,997	36,551	---	12,226	8,933	---	28,507	116,371	168,156
1998-1999	12,498	36,025	---	11,928	8,995	---	29,028	122,661	187,709
1997-1998	12,272	35,706	---	11,909	9,625	261	29,489	101,187	---
1996-1997	12,654	37,501	---	12,332	8,476	92	31,649	126,949	---
1995-1996	13,628	38,026	---	14,578	11,092	207	28,312	134,924	---

Cases Filed (continued)

Year	Small Claims	Mental Health	Juvenile Delinquency	Non-Traffic Infractions	Traffic Infractions	Non-Traffic Misdemeanors	Traffic Misdemeanors	Criminal (Felony)⁵
2004-2005	92,164	1,256	21,136	68,216	1,705,510	149,403	242,431	67,274
2003-2004	101,151	1,143	21,056	61,408	1,696,741	142,710	227,310	64,176
2002-2003	112,379	1,140	20,677	49,239	1,575,620	134,590	214,056	59,921
2001-2002	110,681	966	22,577	44,631	1,642,947	137,487	226,882	55,350
2000-2001	105,582	1,015	21,526	43,085	1,584,006	137,769	211,008	56,404
1999-2000	105,973	859	26,148	46,592	1,686,989	158,819	225,567	55,917
1998-1999	117,381	644	26,215	36,571	1,573,195	189,037	245,437	61,713
1997-1998	130,701	711	27,551	38,891	1,522,002	202,486	259,404	64,661
1996-1997	150,503	785	27,629	34,964	1,459,535	212,109	262,449	63,910
1995-1996	144,294	814	26,742	38,517	1,437,726	212,069	282,144	66,609

1 Includes trials for defendants whose felony charges were reduced to misdemeanors before the start of trial.
2 Including dissolution of marriage, legal separation and nullity of marriage
3 Eminent Domain was rolled into category "Other Civil Complaints" since 1998-1999
4 Limited Civil was not listed as a category until 1998-1999
5 Felony cases, including those that were heard in the former Municipal Courts, fell under Superior Court jurisdiction

Source: Judicial Council of California
3A; 4A;7A;11A;11C

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The Los Angeles County Superior Court is the busiest court system in the United States. It handles more than 2.5 million court filings per year and, as the second largest employer in the county, employs 34,000 people (including more than 540 judges and commissioners).

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