Docket Nexus — Federal court records.
Party

Smith

Federal civil lawsuits naming Smith.

In this index, 35,563 federal civil lawsuits name a party recorded as Smith, most often as a plaintiff (30,208 of 35,563). 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.

35,563
Lawsuits
5,355
As Defendant
30,208
As Plaintiff
1,654
Open
33,909
Terminated
1990–2026
Span
9 mo
Median Duration
961 cases/yrNamed as plaintiff in 85% of casesRecent filings down

Cases by State

AL — 1,286 casesAZ — 478 casesAR — 495 casesCA — 1,291 casesCO — 371 casesCT — 209 casesDE — 119 casesDC — 388 casesFL — 3,193 casesGA — 1,466 casesID — 65 casesIL — 1,847 casesIN — 676 casesIA — 157 casesKS — 199 casesKY — 481 casesLA — 1,670 casesME — 77 casesMD — 477 casesMA — 516 casesMI — 898 casesMN — 648 casesMS — 897 casesMO — 625 casesMT — 68 casesNE — 78 casesNV — 99 casesNH — 79 casesNJ — 959 casesNM — 117 casesNY — 1,647 casesNC — 413 casesND — 16 casesOH — 1,689 casesOK — 485 casesOR — 230 casesPA — 4,087 casesRI — 78 casesSC — 870 casesSD — 34 casesTN — 813 casesTX — 2,276 casesUT — 181 casesVT — 30 casesVA — 702 casesWA — 365 casesWV — 1,365 casesWI — 137 casesWY — 59 cases
AK · 62HI · 59PR · 3

Open Cases Over Time

1990peak 1,690 open2026

Case Types Over Time

19902026
Product LiabilityCivil RightsContractLaborFederal Tax / Statutory Actions

Filings by Year

19902026

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Product Liability11,798
Civil Rights10,020
Contract4,074
Labor2,927
Federal Tax / Statutory Actions2,081
RICO / Consumer / Other Statutes1,184

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11,798 Cases — Newest First

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