As many courts struggle to reopen jury trials in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, several state courts are seeing their civil filings trending back to pre-pandemic levels, and some courts — including the Delaware Court of Chancery — are even seeing more civil case filings than they were last year.

An analysis of state civil court filings in 10 courts in Texas, New York, California, Delaware and Nevada showed that case filings reached bottom in April, rose until July, and then increased further from August to September in some states, according to a new report, “The Ongoing Impact of the Pandemic on Case Filings in State Courts: June – September 2020.”