Docket Nexus — Federal court records.
Party

Smith

Federal civil lawsuits naming Smith.

In this index, 34,133 federal civil lawsuits name a party recorded as Smith, most often as a plaintiff (29,152 of 34,133). 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.

34,133
Lawsuits
4,981
As Defendant
29,152
As Plaintiff
1,611
Open
32,522
Terminated
1990–2026
Span
10 mo
Median Duration
923 cases/yrNamed as plaintiff in 85% of casesRecent filings down

Cases by State

AL — 1,286 casesAZ — 477 casesAR — 488 casesCA — 0 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 — 620 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 1,703 open2026

Case Types Over Time

19902026
Product LiabilityCivil RightsContractLaborFederal Tax / Statutory Actions

Filings by Year

19902026

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Product Liability11,597
Civil Rights9,604
Contract3,827
Labor2,781
Federal Tax / Statutory Actions1,963
RICO / Consumer / Other Statutes1,123

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