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Local authorities and public property at the Cour administrative d'appel de Bordeaux

In 2025, the Cour administrative d'appel de Bordeaux issued 78 decisions on local authorities and public property (4% more than in 2024), that is 3% of its caseload, against 2% for all administrative courts of appeal. Below the threshold of 200 decisions a year in a subject, only numbers of decisions are shown.

Activity year by year

On local authorities and public property, the number of decisions of the Cour administrative d'appel de Bordeaux rose every year, from 66 in 2023 to 78 in 2025. That is an increase of 18%, against an increase of 17% for all administrative courts of appeal. Since 2023, the Cour administrative d'appel de Bordeaux has issued 219 decisions on this subject.

Its share of the caseload of the Cour administrative d'appel de Bordeaux went from 2% in 2023 to 3% in 2025.

CAA Bordeaux: decisions on local authorities and public property per year2023 : Decisions 66 ; 2024 : Decisions 75 ; 2025 : Decisions 78020406080Decisions 2023 : 662023Decisions 2024 : 752024Decisions 2025 : 782025
CAA Bordeaux: decisions on local authorities and public property per year
YearDecisionsChangeShare of caseload
202366–2%
202475+14%3%
202578+4%3%

Series start in 2023, the first full year in which the decisions of the Cour administrative d'appel de Bordeaux were published. CAA Bordeaux stands for Cour administrative d'appel de Bordeaux. Share of caseload: share of the subject among all the decisions of the court, computed from 200 decisions a year.

See also Cour administrative d'appel de Bordeaux: all subjects Local authorities and public property in France

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Same subject in the courts of appeal

The 9 administrative courts of appeal issued 574 decisions on local authorities and public property in 2025 between them; the Cour administrative d'appel de Bordeaux issued 78, that is 14%.

On local authorities and public property, the Cour administrative d'appel de Bordeaux issued 78 of the 574 decisions of all administrative courts of appeal, or 14%. The share of this subject in the caseload ranges from 1% for the administrative courts of appeal of Paris and Nantes to 3% for the Cour administrative d'appel de Bordeaux and the administrative courts of appeal of Marseille and Toulouse.

Decisions on local authorities and public property in 2025
Administrative courts of appeal: Local authorities and public property
CourtDecisions 2025Share of caseloadDismissal rateMedian time
Cour administrative d'appel de Marseille933%––
Cour administrative d'appel de Bordeaux783%––
Cour administrative d'appel de Lyon752%––
Cour administrative d'appel de Versailles672%––
Cour administrative d'appel de Paris661%––
Cour administrative d'appel de Toulouse623%––
Cour administrative d'appel de Nancy472%––
Cour administrative d'appel de Douai442%––
Cour administrative d'appel de Nantes421%––

Share of caseload: share of the subject among all the decisions of the court. Dismissal rate not computed below 200 decisions on the subject; median time: judgments and rulings only, excluding orders, not computed below 200 judgments.

See also In cassation: Conseil d'État Local authorities and public property in France Cour administrative d'appel de Bordeaux: all subjects

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The other subjects of the court

With 78 decisions, or 3% of the total of the Cour administrative d'appel de Bordeaux, this subject comes behind environment and agriculture (105) and ahead of employment law (38).

Decisions of the Cour administrative d'appel de Bordeaux by subject in 2025
Decisions of the Cour administrative d'appel de Bordeaux by subject in 2025
SubjectDecisions 2025Share of caseloadDismissal rateMedian time
Immigration1,09942%82%6 months
Planning and building permits2028%76%–
Tax1967%––
Civil service1877%––
Environment and agriculture1054%––
Local authorities and public property783%––
Employment law381%––
Social welfare341%––
Public procurement301%––
Public health261%––
Policing181%––
Housing90.3%––
Driving licences60.2%––
Education20.1%––
Elections10.04%––
Other subjects59023%50%22 months

Subject determined from the legal texts cited in each decision; “other subjects” groups decisions without a characteristic text. Detailed pages exist from 50 decisions on the subject.

See also Cour administrative d'appel de Bordeaux: all subjects France

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Understanding these figures

What these figures count

Of the 2,621 decisions of the Cour administrative d'appel de Bordeaux in 2025, 78 fall under local authorities and public property (3%), based on the legal texts they cite; 590 (23%) fall under no identified subject and appear under “Other subjects”.

Frequently asked questions

How many decisions on local authorities and public property did the Cour administrative d'appel de Bordeaux issue in 2025?

The Cour administrative d'appel de Bordeaux issued 78 decisions on local authorities and public property in 2025 (4% more than in 2024), that is 3% of its 2,621 decisions. Since 2023 the total is 219 decisions.

Why is no dismissal rate or median time shown for local authorities and public property at the Cour administrative d'appel de Bordeaux?

With 78 decisions in 2025, the Cour administrative d'appel de Bordeaux stays below the threshold of 200 decisions a year in this subject: below it, a dismissal rate or a median time would vary too much from one year to the next. Only numbers of decisions are shown.

How much of the caseload of the Cour administrative d'appel de Bordeaux does this subject represent?

It accounts for 3% of the 2,621 decisions of the Cour administrative d'appel de Bordeaux in 2025, against 2% for all administrative courts of appeal.

How many decisions on local authorities and public property did the other administrative courts of appeal issue?

In 2025, the administrative courts of appeal of Marseille, Lyon and Versailles issued 93, 75 and 67 respectively. The others issued fewer.