Statistics are current as of October 17, 2008

	Year Filed	Number of Cases	Number of Issues
	1983	3	16
	1984	18	56
	1985	18	45
	1986	12	19
	1987	5	19
	1988	17	32
	1989	47	131
	1990	35	82
	1991	23	94
	1992	40	103
	1993	44	73
	1994	58	119
	1995	46	168
	1996	57	143
	1997	72	167
	1998	74	187
	1999	65	147
	2000	69	160
	2001	96	215
	2002	66	171
	2003	60	165
	2004	61	110
	2005	64	170
	2006	60	140
	2007	93	209
	2008	81	176