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Number of federal appeals hits all-time high Bernard Hibbitts at 2:03 PM ET [JURIST] The number of federal appeals cases filed in 2004 was a new all-time high, according to a report released Tuesday [PDF press release] by the Administrative Office of the US Courts [official website]. There were 62,762 appeals filed last year in federal Courts of Appeals, up 3 percent from the previous year. 2004 was the ninth year in a row that filings reached new record levels. There were 352,360 cases filed in federal district courts, with a 90 percent conviction rate in criminal cases. Read the full report on the federal courts' 2004 caseload. Link | 
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