Ninety percent of general-court cases involve settled law or settled application

Evidence

Based on my own judicial experience that goes back to 1961, I suggest that 90 percent of the cases appearing before a court of general trial jurisdiction or general appellate jurisdiction fall within two categories: where the law and its application alike are certain, or where the law is certain and the only question concerns its application to the facts before it. — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 1302

Categorization

• QUESTION: A striking statistic from judicial experience worth checking for empirical support elsewhere.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 1302
• XREF: connects to: Most court cases are resolved mechanically by settled law — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1254; Civil cases are typically settled in the shadow of potential trial — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 2161