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Hamilton County Judges 1 Hamilton County Judges try thousands of cases each year within the three major court systems of Common Pleas, Domestic Relations, and Municipal Court. This is an in depth look at the total cases disposed, appealed, and reversed over a three year measurement period. The purpose of this is to determine the effectiveness of the 38 judges as a whole and on an individual level with a sample case size is 182,908 total cases over the three year measurement period. The overall data should assist in determining which judges and courts have a greater efficiency than others. Efficiency in this paper is determined by how many cases are appealed, reversed, or a combination of the two stated variables used in combination to help determine the amount of potential errors that the sample judges have made.

1.Based on the data provided in the Hamilton County Judge case study the actual probability of cases being appealed or appealed and reversed are as follows.
a. Common Pleas Court disposed 43, 945 total cases and had the following probability

of either being appealed or appealed and reversed. i. Total cases appealed were 1,762 or 4.01% ii. Total cases that were appealed that resulted in a reversal was 11.29% b. Domestic Relations Court disposed 30,499 total cases and had the following probability of either being appealed or appealed and reversed. iii. Total cases appealed were 106 or .35% iv. Total cases that were appealed that resulted in a reversal was 16.04% c. Municipal Court disposed 108,464 total cases and had the following probability of either being appealed or appealed and reversed. v. Total cases appealed were 500 or .46% Hamilton County Judges 2 vi. Total cases that were appealed that resulted in a reversal was 20.80% d. All Courts combined disposed 182,908 total cases and had the following probability of either being appealed or appealed and reversed. vii. Total cases appealed were 2368 or 1.29% viii. Total cases that were

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