Docket Nexus — Federal court records.
Party

U S

Federal civil lawsuits naming U S.

In this index, 10,161 federal civil lawsuits name a party recorded as U S, most often as a plaintiff (9,630 of 10,161). These may be different parties who share the name; records here are grouped by name only. These cases are most often Contract and Real Property matters, filed between 1990 and 2015, most frequently in District Court, C.D. California.

10,161
Lawsuits
531
As Defendant
9,630
As Plaintiff
0
Open
10,161
Terminated
1990–2015
Span
4 mo
Median Duration
6,351 of these cases (63%) are Contract filings — large waves of near-identical suits consolidated into multidistrict litigation (MDL) proceedings. The totals and the year chart reflect that concentration, not typical caseload.
391 cases/yrNamed as plaintiff in 95% of cases63% ContractNo filings since 2015

Cases by State

AL — 156 casesAZ — 34 casesAR — 158 casesCA — 3,204 casesCO — 19 casesCT — 4 casesDE — 0 casesDC — 2 casesFL — 472 casesGA — 149 casesID — 204 casesIL — 525 casesIN — 131 casesIA — 139 casesKS — 141 casesKY — 88 casesLA — 4 casesME — 7 casesMD — 12 casesMA — 43 casesMI — 130 casesMN — 22 casesMS — 58 casesMO — 14 casesMT — 85 casesNE — 52 casesNV — 3 casesNH — 0 casesNJ — 0 casesNM — 216 casesNY — 220 casesNC — 508 casesND — 58 casesOH — 88 casesOK — 630 casesOR — 1 casesPA — 25 casesRI — 17 casesSC — 897 casesSD — 0 casesTN — 112 casesTX — 432 casesUT — 18 casesVT — 29 casesVA — 80 casesWA — 0 casesWV — 27 casesWI — 496 casesWY — 83 cases
AK · 10HI · 230PR · 94

Open Cases Over Time

1990peak 191 open2015

Case Types Over Time

19902015
ContractReal PropertyForfeiture / PenaltyFederal Tax / Statutory ActionsCivil Rights

Filings by Year

19902015

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Contract6,351
Real Property2,054
Forfeiture / Penalty881
Federal Tax / Statutory Actions658
Civil Rights68
Other Civil54

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Clustered litigation · MDL 6,351 Contract member cases 63% of the caseload is a wave of near-identical suits consolidated into multidistrict litigation — grouped here rather than listed one by one. Browse all 6,351 member cases →

3,810 Other Cases — Newest First

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