Deciding Cases Without Argument: A Description of Procedures in the Courts of Appeals

Joe S. Cecil; Donna Stienstra

1985, 41 pages

(In Print: Available for Distribution)

A report on procedures and standards used by the courts of appeals in the 1980s for deciding cases without oral argument. The authors discuss the responses of clerks of court to a survey on court practices and present statistical information along with a review of relevant local rules. The report discusses only the procedures developed for typical cases; it does not consider special procedures for pro se cases, nor does it attempt to evaluate the screening programs.

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