"The ideal case load would be no more than 20."

The charity's case loads have more than doubled in the last year, she said.

"This could increase that case load and cause a strain in those programs."

Congress determines the court districts based on size, population and case load.

But the total case load is still far higher than in the mid-1980's.

As luck would have it, his case load was small at the moment.

The department doesn't have the necessary staff and has higher case loads than we do.

Now one judge with an overburdened case load is trying to figure it out.

Additionally, they had their own case loads to worry about.

For so many years he had not allowed himself even to daydream of having such a case load.