The ruling statistics on every CaliforniaCourtIntel judge profile are built from tentative rulings published on court websites. Here is a precise account of how those numbers are generated.
Data collection. Our automated scrapers check each court's public tentative ruling portal on a nightly schedule. When a new tentative is detected, the full text is downloaded, parsed, and stored. Not all California courts publish tentative rulings publicly — courts that do not are noted on the profile with a 'Limited data' banner.
Motion type classification. Each tentative ruling is run through an AI classifier that assigns it a motion type (demurrer, motion for summary judgment, motion to compel, motion in limine, etc.). Classification accuracy is high for standard motion types and lower for unusual or combined motions. Misclassifications can be reported using the Flag button on any ruling entry in the Ruling History tab.
Outcome categorization. Rulings are categorized as: Granted (motion or objection sustained in favor of the moving party), Denied (motion or objection overruled), Granted in Part / Sustained in Part (partial relief), Off Calendar / Withdrawn (counted separately, not included in grant rate denominators), and Continued (not counted in final outcome statistics until a final ruling is issued).
Grant rate formula. Grant rate = (Granted + Granted in Part) / (Granted + Granted in Part + Denied). Off-calendar and continued rulings are excluded from both numerator and denominator. 'Granted in Part' rulings count as 0.5 toward the numerator unless the profile has been manually reviewed and recategorized by our data team.
Currency of data. Statistics reflect all rulings in our dataset through the date shown in the profile header. For most active courts, this is within the past seven days. For courts with less frequent scraping, the lag may be up to 30 days.
What is not included. Minute orders not posted as tentative rulings, oral rulings not reduced to writing, post-trial motions in cases not assigned to the judge at the time of ruling, and rulings in courts not yet covered by our scraper are all excluded. The statistics are a sample of available public data, not a comprehensive record of every ruling a judge has ever issued.