Docket Nexus — Federal court records.
Party

Smith

Federal civil lawsuits naming Smith.

In this index, 35,423 federal civil lawsuits name a party recorded as Smith, most often as a plaintiff (30,161 of 35,423). These may be different parties who share the name; records here are grouped by name only. These cases are most often Product Liability and Civil Rights matters, filed between 1990 and 2026, most frequently in District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

35,423
Lawsuits
5,262
As Defendant
30,161
As Plaintiff
1,654
Open
33,769
Terminated
1990–2026
Span
9 mo
Median Duration
957 cases/yrNamed as plaintiff in 85% of casesRecent filings down

Cases by State

AL — 1,286 casesAZ — 477 casesAR — 488 casesCA — 1,289 casesCO — 371 casesCT — 209 casesDE — 119 casesDC — 388 casesFL — 3,193 casesGA — 1,464 casesID — 64 casesIL — 1,817 casesIN — 674 casesIA — 153 casesKS — 196 casesKY — 475 casesLA — 1,664 casesME — 76 casesMD — 477 casesMA — 513 casesMI — 895 casesMN — 648 casesMS — 894 casesMO — 621 casesMT — 66 casesNE — 75 casesNV — 97 casesNH — 79 casesNJ — 957 casesNM — 117 casesNY — 1,641 casesNC — 412 casesND — 16 casesOH — 1,681 casesOK — 477 casesOR — 230 casesPA — 4,085 casesRI — 78 casesSC — 866 casesSD — 34 casesTN — 810 casesTX — 2,270 casesUT — 181 casesVT — 30 casesVA — 701 casesWA — 365 casesWV — 1,361 casesWI — 134 casesWY — 59 cases
AK · 62HI · 55PR · 3

Open Cases Over Time

1990peak 1,711 open2026

Case Types Over Time

19902026
Product LiabilityCivil RightsContractLaborFederal Tax / Statutory Actions

Filings by Year

19902026

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Product Liability11,783
Civil Rights9,990
Contract4,045
Labor2,919
Federal Tax / Statutory Actions2,071
RICO / Consumer / Other Statutes1,183

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2,919 Cases — Newest First

Showing 101–150 of 2,919