6-15. Trial Court Cases Filed, Disposed of, and Pending by Type of Court: 1985-1994

                        CALENDAR    CASES FILED     CASES DISPOSED   CASES PENDING
 TRIAL COURT              YEAR      DURING YEAR     OF DURING YEAR   AT END OF YEAR

 GENERAL SESSIONS 1/      1985         41,436           41,668            4,188      
 (Criminal)               1986         48,057           46,859            5,417
                          1987         50,585           50,280            5,772
                          1988         58,871           53,762           11,102
                          1989         95,334           69,105           38,283
                          1990        101,461           91,633           48,756
                          1991        109,580           97,132           62,419
                          1992        113,289          109,514           67,452
                          1993        114,501          118,063           65,478
                          1994        102,829          106,873           63,955

 COMMON PLEAS             1985         47,466           45,389           21,037
 (Civil)                  1986         52,895           50,475           23,647
                          1987         54,917           55,460           23,120
                          1988         53,506           52,007           24,679
                          1989         53,953           54,399           24,334
                          1990         55,151           51,518           28,183
                          1991         58,362           53,993           32,989
                          1992         52,530           55,466           30,312
                          1993         48,421           47,458           31,543
                          1994         45,293           45,218           31,996

 FAMILY COURT  2/         1985         61,824           61,930           14,977
 (Domestic and            1986         63,781           64,049           14,967
 Juvenile)                1987         71,260           69,854           16,653
                          1988         74,795           73,764           17,906
                          1989         77,205           75,601           19,682
                          1990         84,609           84,237           20,321
                          1991         86,846           83,704           23,967
                          1992         92,557           87,096           29,978
                          1993         94,088           91,768           32,042
                          1994        100,910           97,839           34,981

 MAGISTRATE               1985        625,000   *      612,180           37,542   *
 (Civil to $2,500;        1986        660,000   *      666,146           31,396   *
 Criminal up to           1987        695,000   *      701,451           24,945   *
 30 days or $200)         1988        750,000   *      741,973           32,972   *
                          1989        810,000   *      820,000   *       22,972   *
                          1990        930,000   *      925,106           27,866   *
                          1991        960,000   *      956,535           31,331   *
                          1992        965,000   *      955,373           40,958   *
                          1993        945,000   *      940,061           45,897   *
                          1994      1,060,000   *    1,050,239           55,658   *

 MUNICIPAL                1985        347,819          346,621            6,845
 (Criminal up to          1986        364,265          364,298            6,434
 30 days or $200;         1987        376,049          374,643            7,760
 Municipal Ordinances)    1988        393,212          390,268           10,639
                          1989        394,916          392,229           13,313
                          1990        430,908          425,918           17,520
                          1991        448,653          443,245           23,110
                          1992        424,536          423,699           24,109
                          1993        397,678          394,295           16,781
                          1994        435,588          429,385           24,704

 TOTAL, STATEWIDE         1985      1,123,545   *    1,107,788           84,589   *
 TRIAL COURTS             1986      1,188,998   *    1,191,827           81,861   *
                          1987      1,247,811   *    1,251,688           78,250   *
                          1988      1,330,384   *    1,311,774           97,298   *
                          1989      1,431,408   *    1,411,334   *      118,584   *
                          1990      1,602,129   *    1,578,412          142,646   *
                          1991      1,663,441   *    1,634,609          173,816   *
                          1992      1,647,912   *    1,631,148          192,809   *
                          1993      1,599,688   *    1,591,735          191,741   *
                          1994      1,744,620   *    1,729,554          211,294   *

1/: Beginning in 1989, General Sessions caseload includes unindicted warrants.

2/: Family Ct. totals do not reflect supplmnt'l proceedings heard by those courts, such as the enforcement of prior court orders.

Source: S.C. Court Administration, 1994 Annual Report of the Judicial Department of S.C., January 1996.

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