The Supreme Court Ohio Annual Report
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2009 case statistics time to disposition Jurisdictional Appeals Accepted for Full Review From Filing of Notice of Appeal to Final Disposition Following a full merit review, 128 jurisdictional appeals were disposed of in 2009. From the date of initiation to the date of disposition, it took an average of 435 days for these cases to make their way through the Court. Time for consideration increased by 32 days because three of the 128 jurisdictional appeals were pending for more than 800 days. Two of the three cases, Stewart v. Lake Cty. Historical Soc., Inc., Case No. 2006-2029, and Kirchner v. Shooters on the Water, Inc., Case No. 2006-1682, were pending for more than 1,000 days. The third case, State v. Bankhead, Case No. 2007-0818, was first held for State v. Simpkins and then later held for State v. Mossmeyer. All three cases were accepted in 2007 and held for the decision in another case before final disposition in 2009. 2005 — 69 cases 387-day mean 378-day median 2006 — 382 cases 342-day mean 321-day median 2007 — 191 cases 433-day mean 462-day median 2008 — 156 cases 403-day mean 423-day median 2009 — 128 cases 435-day mean 419-day median 500 400 300 200 100 0 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 44
2009 case statistics time to disposition Jurisdictional Appeals NOT Accepted for Full MERIT Review From Filing of Notice of Appeal to Final Disposition The decision whether to accept a jurisdictional appeal was made more rapidly in 2009. The average time to consider acceptance decreased to 95 days from 101 days in 2008. Of the total number of cases disposed of by the Court in 2009, 1,796 cases were jurisdictional appeals not accepted for full consideration on the merits, a drop of 71 cases from 2008. The 1,796 jurisdictional appeals considered represented 76 percent of the cases filed in 2009. 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2005 — 1,555 cases 96-day mean 99-day median 2006 — 1,568 cases 93-day mean 96-day median 2007 — 1,649 cases 100-day mean 100-day median 2008 — 1,868 cases 101-day mean 104-day median 2009 — 1,796 cases 95-day mean 96-day median Original actions In general, the median measurement is more reflective of the Court’s timelines with regard to original actions because it is not subject to the skewing effect of outliers. The median reveals that original actions, during 2009, were disposed of in 61 days. The average number of days for original action consideration over the past five years is much higher, varying from 73 to 85 days. In 2009, the average number of days to consider and dispose of an original action was 74 days, the same number of days taken in 2008. 100 80 60 40 20 0 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2005 — 175 cases 73-day mean 65-day median 2006 — 217 cases 73-day mean 58-day median 2007 — 194 cases 85-day mean 68-day median 2008 — 199 cases 74-day mean 68-day median 2009 — 203 cases 74-day mean 61-day median 45
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2009 case statistics<br />
time to disposition<br />
Jurisdictional Appeals Accepted for Full Review<br />
From Filing of Notice of Appeal to Final Disposition<br />
Following a full merit review, 128 jurisdictional appeals were disposed of in 2009. From the<br />
date of initiation to the date of disposition, it took an average of 435 days for these cases to<br />
make their way through the <strong>Court</strong>.<br />
Time for consideration increased by 32 days because three of the 128 jurisdictional appeals<br />
were pending for more than 800 days. Two of the three cases, Stewart v. Lake Cty. Historical Soc.,<br />
Inc., Case No. 2006-2029, and Kirchner v. Shooters on the Water, Inc., Case No. 2006-1682, were<br />
pending for more than 1,000 days. <strong>The</strong> third case, State v. Bankhead, Case No. 2007-0818, was<br />
first held for State v. Simpkins and then later held for State v. Mossmeyer. All three cases were<br />
accepted in 2007 and held for the decision in another case before final disposition in 2009.<br />
2005 — 69 cases<br />
387-day mean<br />
378-day median<br />
2006 — 382 cases<br />
342-day mean<br />
321-day median<br />
2007 — 191 cases<br />
433-day mean<br />
462-day median<br />
2008 — 156 cases<br />
403-day mean<br />
423-day median<br />
2009 — 128 cases<br />
435-day mean<br />
419-day median<br />
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300<br />
200<br />
100<br />
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