Line chart on the number of all tort trails in the U.S. district courts, 1970-2003
For tort cases, the number concluded by trial began at 2,526 in 1970 and rose to 2,653 in 1972. Then it decreased, reaching 2,142 in 1977, before increasing to a high of 3,604 in 1985. After 1985, it decreased to a low of 768 in 2003.