Arkansas Eastern District Court

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50,615 of 129,765

Cases on record

776

Filed in the past 12 months

Judges

18%

Closed

A year

Half close within

Cases filed by year

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Most read this month

Williams v. MGM Resorts Mississippi Inc

No. 2:17-cv-00069

21 views

Green v. IOC-Lula Inc

No. 2:13-cv-00112

17 views

Air Crash LR AR v. , et al

No. 4:99-cv-01308

American Airlines, Inc.

United States of America

16 views

Liberty Mutual Insurance Company v. General Motors Company et al

No. 4:17-cv-00357

General Motors LLC

16 views

Star Buffett Inc v. TGB Glory LLC

No. 4:17-cv-00533

16 views

Sumlin v. Clark et al

No. 4:17-cv-00730

15 views

Garrison v. Revclaims LLC et al

No. 3:16-cv-00253

12 views

Hendrix v. Arkansas Municipal League et al

No. 4:17-cv-00652

11 views

Scott v. Hunter

No. 3:17-cv-00073-DPM

10 views

USA v. Williams

No. 4:17-cr-00158

United States of America

10 views

What this court hears

Nature of suit Cause of action Basis of jurisdiction Jury demand

Prison Condition: Civil Rights

4,665

17%

Civil Rights (Prison Condition)

2,246

Habeas Corpus (General)

1,875

Personal Injury: Product Liability

1,629

Personal Inj. Prod. Liability

1,588

Social Security: SSID Tit. XVI

1,335

Civil Rights: Other

1,298

Social Security: DIWC/DIWW

849

Share of the 27,481 cases in this court that record a nature of suit. PlainSite Pro shows all 50.

42:1983

3,758

30%

28:1332

1,578

12%

42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

925

42:405

791

28:2254

686

28:1441

562

42:2000e

465

28:2241

404

Share of the 12,707 cases in this court that record a cause of action. Values are as this court records them, so they do not line up from one court system to another. PlainSite Pro shows all 50.

Federal Question

2,491

64%

U.S. Government Defendant

929

24%

Diversity

465

12%

U.S. Government Plaintiff

<1%

Share of the 3,910 cases in this court that record a basis of jurisdiction. Values are as this court records them, so they do not line up from one court system to another.

None

2,228

57%

Plaintiff

898

23%

Both

578

15%

Defendant

206

Share of the 3,910 cases in this court that record a jury demand. Values are as this court records them, so they do not line up from one court system to another.

How long cases take

Within a month

1,232

13%

1 to 3 months

1,126

12%

3 to 6 months

1,163

13%

6 to 12 months

1,877

20%

1 to 2 years

2,315

25%

Over 2 years

1,444

16%

Time from filing to termination for the 9,157 closed cases on record with both dates. Half closed within a year; the average was 16 months. 41,453 cases have no termination date on record.

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Most cited opinions

Holt v. Sarver

Feb 18, 1970 · Cited 192 times 309 F. Supp. 362 1970 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 12802

Hamilton v. Love

Jun 2, 1971 · Cited 93 times 328 F. Supp. 1182 1971 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 13024

Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. v. Corps of Engineers of the United States Army

Feb 19, 1971 · Cited 84 times 2 ERC (BNA) 1260 2 ERC 1260 325 F. Supp. 749 1971 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 14526

Grigsby v. Mabry

Aug 5, 1983 · Cited 74 times 569 F. Supp. 1273 1983 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 14839

Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. v. Corps of Engineers of the U. S. ARMY

Jan 21, 1971 · Cited 74 times 1 Envtl. L. Rep. (Envtl. Law Inst.) 20 325 F. Supp. 728 1971 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 14947

Warner v. United States

May 13, 1996 · Cited 71 times 926 F. Supp. 1387 1996 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 7308 1996 WL 242889

Pollard v. Roberts

Apr 11, 1968 · Cited 65 times 283 F. Supp. 248 1968 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 7817

Holt v. Sarver

Jun 20, 1969 · Cited 61 times 300 F. Supp. 825 1969 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 8461

Phillips v. Riverside, Inc.

Jun 2, 1992 · Cited 61 times 15 Employee Benefits Cas. (BNA) 1851 796 F. Supp. 403 1992 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 8826 1992 WL 134711

Key v. Does

Nov 17, 2016 · Cited 57 times 217 F. Supp. 3d 1006 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 160927 2016 WL 6821124

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Most frequent parties

United States of America

1,221 cases

Social Security Administration

697 cases

Does

263 cases

John Doe

141 cases

John Does

135 cases

Most active law firms

United States Department of Justice

1,600 cases

Attorney at Law

872 cases

Office of the Arkansas Attorney General

739 cases

Office of Defender Services

729 cases

Social Security Administration

674 cases

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