[1] Total caseload is defined by the National Center for State Courts in “Appellate Court Tools” as all appellate cases that have been disposed of in a year. We have excluded those cases disposed of by any means other than by opinion.

[2] The number of opinions filed is dependent upon the number of cases transferred to the Court of Appeals from the Iowa Supreme Court. Some opinions filed in a specific year were transferred to the Court of Appeals the preceding year.

[3] In 2014 the transformation to electronic records began.

[4] The Iowa Supreme Court began to accept a more-limited caseload, resulting in a sizeable increase in caseload for the Court of Appeals.

[5] The Court of Appeals was expanded from six to nine members in 1999.

[6] The Court of Appeals was expanded from five to six members in 1983.