Appeals of Federal Agency Decisions Up 12%
The total number of cases filed with the U.S. Supreme Court was 3,856 in the 2024 term, which ended with the release of opinions on June 30, 2025, Chief Justice John Roberts said last week in the year-end report on…
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the federal judiciary. That's compared with 4,233 cases in the 2023 term, he said. During the 2024 term, 73 cases were argued, up from 69 in 2023, according to the report. Total civil appeals with the federal courts of appeals were up 7% from FY 2024 to 22,812, and appeals of administrative agency decisions went up 12% to 5,611. The report said federal district courts docketed 303,563 civil cases in FY 2025, an increase of 4%.