pending cases
Docket awaiting resolution
Pending cases are legal matters that have been filed but not yet resolved—cases awaiting trial, judgment, or final disposition.
Courts track pending cases to manage workloads and ensure timely justice: The judge has over two hundred pending cases on her docket.
In broader use, pending cases can refer to any unresolved matters under review.
- backlogAccumulated unfinished work
- docketCourt's case schedule
- litigationLegal dispute process
- civil suitPrivate legal dispute
- awaitingStaying until something arrives
awaiting trial · pretrial hearing · unresolved · court · court date · trial · bench trial · lawsuit · hearing · judgment · delayed · outstanding · caseload · defendant · plaintiff · verdict · adjournment · continuance