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West Virginia Civil Case Filings

 

According to the National Center for State Courts, West Virginia ranked 39th among all states and Washington D. C. for the number of civil court cases filed based on state population.  West Virginia had 4,302 suits filed per 100,000 residents in 2010, the most recent year for which comprehensive data is available. 

  • In sharp contrast to West Virginia, Maryland ranked 1st in the number of civil lawsuits filed based on population, with a total of 17,724 suits filed per capita.
  • Virginia ranked 3rd (11,306)
  • Ohio ranked 16th (6,818)
  • Pennsylvania ranked 38th (4,326)

Court Statistics Project, National Center for State Courts, 2012


A study by Richard Brisbin Jr. and John C. Kilwein on West Virginia’s court system found that “since the 1980s West Virignia courts—the trial court of general jurisdiction—have not experienced a massive upsurge in non-family law civil litigation.” (The Future of the West Virginia Judiciary: Problems and Policy Options, 2007)

 

2010 Civil Case Filings Per Capita

Rank State/District Per Capita
1 Maryland 17724
2 New Jersey 11625
3 Virginia 11306
4 D. C. 10184
5 Georgia 10070
6 New York 8843
7 Wyoming 7822
8 Florida 7810
9 South Carolina 7662
10 Indiana 7524
11 Delaware 7504
12 Colorado 7503
13 Michigan 7447
14 South Dakota 7360
15 Nebraska 7259
16 Ohio 6818
17 Kansas 6764
18 Montana 6722
19 Connecticut 6313
20 Massachusetts 6187
21 Nevada 6145
22 Kentucky 6131
23 Louisiana 5909
24 Arizona 5813
25 Rhode Island 5484
26 Idaho 5317
27 Iowa 5316
28 Missouri 5297
29 North Dakota 5283
30 Oklahoma 5251
31 Utah 5238
32 Illinois 5232
33 Wisconsin 5151
34 Oregon 5039
35 New Mexico 4900
36 North Carolina 4798
37 Alabama 4501
38 Pennsylvania 4326
39 West Virginia 4302
40 New Hampshire 4080
41 Arkansas 4058
42 Minnesota 3990
43 Washington 3671
44 Vermont 3635
45 Alaska 3611
46 Maine 3558
47 Texas 3353
48 California 3308
49 Hawaii 3194
50 Mississippi 2812
51 Tennessee 1112

 

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