Tables II - VII: Lawsuits Filed
Table II shows the cumulative number of lawsuits filed by each legal unit by basis for the five year period. Tables III - VII show the number of suits filed by each legal unit by basis for each fiscal year. Each of these tables includes breakdowns of the number of class and individual suits filed as well as the number of direct suits, interventions, subpoena enforcement actions, temporary restraining orders and administrative agreement enforcement actions. Over the five year period, OGC filed a total of 1,963 suits; of those, 1768 were direct suits, 14 were interventions, 162 were subpoena enforcement actions, 15 were Temporary Restraining Orders and four were suits to enforce administrative agreements resolving charges. A total of 570 direct suits and interventions (31.9% of all filings) were filed on behalf of a class; another 1,212 (68.1%) were filed on behalf of individuals. Interventions over the five year period account for less than 1 % of all suits filed (0.71%) and of suits filed on the merits (0.79%)