Appellate Court Total Caseload Statistics | State of Illinois Office of the Illinois Courts Total All Districts of Appellate Court Criminal and Civil Caseload Statistics Civil & Criminal Caseloads Civil** Filed Civil** Disposed Criminal Filed Criminal Disposed 2019 3,239 3,219 2,546 2,884 2018 3,113 3,378 2,563 2,787 2017 3,410 3,490 2,812 2,810 2016 3,586 3,890 3,125 3,078 2015 4,002 4,253 3,331 3,425 ** Totals do not include Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission Cases Source: 2019 Annual Report of the Supreme Court of Illinois Total Pending Caseload* All Case Categories FiledDisposed 2019 5,7856,103 2018 5,6766,165 2017 6,2226,300 2016 6,8357,120 2015 7,4527,609 * Beginning in 2017, totals do not include Illinois Worker’s Compensation Commission Cases Source: 2019 Annual Report of the Supreme Court of Illinois