Antitrust litigation duration statistics, by court
Antitrust litigation — antitrust and competition suits in federal court — take a median of 1.8 years from filing to resolution, based on 5,020 real cases in the public federal court record. Most resolve between 221 days and 8.0 years — full statistics, disposition mix, and district breakdown below.
Filing to termination · 5,020 cases · median 648 days
How antitrust lawsuit cases end
Of 4,813 resolved cases — the observed record, not a prediction of any one case.
Antitrust litigation duration by court
Median time to resolution in the districts with the most antitrust lawsuit cases.
| District | Cases | Median | Slowest 10% |
|---|---|---|---|
| N.D. Cal. | 579 | 2.5 yr | 8.7 yr |
| S.D.N.Y. | 530 | 3.0 yr | 9.3 yr |
| E.D. Pa. | 304 | 1.7 yr | 5.5 yr |
| D.N.J. | 259 | 2.5 yr | 5.2 yr |
| C.D. Cal. | 216 | 274d | 2.6 yr |
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Tertius, "Antitrust litigation: how long federal cases take, and how they end" (2026). Analysis of Federal Judicial Center Integrated Data Base records, 9.1M U.S. federal civil cases. https://usetertius.com/benchmarks/antitrust-litigation
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Source: data/fjc/civil.parquet (Federal Judicial Center), cleaned by Tertius · model tertius-acta-6. Durations are filing to termination for U.S. federal civil cases. This is observed historical data, not a prediction of any specific case, and not legal advice. Tertius forecasts timing and disposition, never merits or damages.