 |  _ | Federal Judicial Center Exploratory Study of the Appellate Cost Bond Provisions of Rule 7 of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
Marie Leary,
April 2008 (Publication) 24 pages
At its Fall 2007 meeting, the Appellate Rules Advisory Committee discussed the current circuit split over whether Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 7 authorizes the inclusion of attorney fees in a bond for costs on appeal. This item has been brought back before the Committee as it determines ...(Read more) |
| _ | Brady v. Maryland Material in the United States District Courts: Rules, Orders, and Policies
Laural Hooper, Shelia Thorpe,
May 31, 2007 (Publication) 68 pages
An update of the FJC October 2004 report to the Advisory Committee on Criminal Rules as it and the Standing Committee on the Rules of Practice and Procedure consider proposed amendments to Rule 16 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. This unpublished research document is not restricted and ...(Read more) |
| _ | Citing Unpublished Federal Appellate Opinions Issued Before 2007
Robert Timothy Reagan,
2007 (Publication) 4 pages
Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 32.1 permits attorneys to cite to federal courts of appeals their unpublished opinions issued 2007 or later. Unpublished opinions issued before 2007 may be cited to the courts if permitted by the courts’ local rules. This document is a summary table of the ...(Read more) |
| _ | Estimates of Summary Judgment Activity in Fiscal Year 2006
Joe Cecil, George Cort,
April 12, 2007 (Publication) 10 pages
The Advisory Committee on Civil Rules asked the Federal Judicial Center to examine summary judgment practice across federal district courts as a means of assessing the potential impact of the proposed amendments to Rule 56. This report examined summary judgment activity in 179,969 cases terminated ...(Read more) |
| _ | Initial Report on Summary Judgment Practice Across Districts with Variations in Local Rules
Joe Cecil, George Cort,
November 2, 2007 (Publication) 17 pages
The Advisory Committee on Civil Rules asked the Federal Judicial Center to examine summary judgment practice across federal district courts as a means of assessing the potential impact of the proposed amendments to Rule 56. This initial report examined summary judgment practice in the 276,120 civil ...(Read more) |
| _ | Research on appeals of attorney-fee and merits decisions (Fed R Civ P 58(c)(2)) as presented to the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules in May 2006
Rebecca (Norwick) Eyre,
2006 (Publication) 10 pages
In early 2006, the Federal Judicial Center examined the prevalence of the use of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 58(c)(2), and the circumstances under which appeals of judgments on the merits and decisions regarding attorney fees can occur at the same time. Two resulting memoranda were presented to ...(Read more) |
| _ | Remote Public Access to Electronic Criminal Case Records: A Report on a Pilot Project in Eleven Federal Courts
David Rauma,
May 7, 2003 (Publication) 29 pages
Prepared for the Court Administration and Case Management Committee of the Judicial Conference, this study shows there may be more advantages to remote public access to electronic criminal case documents than disadvantages or potential harm and that the majority of federal judges in the study favor ...(Read more) |
| _ | Sealed Settlement Agreements in Federal District Court – May 2003 Progress Report
Tim Reagan, Marie Leary, Shannon Wheatman, Thomas E. Willging, Natacha Blain, George Cort, Dean Miletich,
2003 (Publication) 119 pages
Case records generally are public records and all documents filed with a court are available to the public for inspection upon request unless a statute, rule, or order provides otherwise. This report summarizes federal and state court rules on sealing documents in trial courts files. It also ...(Read more) |
| _ | State Court Procedures Regarding Pre-Verdict Judgments of Acquittal and the State's Right to Appeal Those Judgments
Marie Cordisco (Leary), Laural Hooper,
September 30, 2003 (Publication) 46 pages
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has proposed amending Rule 29 to preserve the government's right to appeal a trial court's decision to grant a motion for judgment of acquittal. DOJ argues, "Rule 29 as currently constituted represents an anomaly within the Rules and indeed within the judicial ...(Read more) |
| _ | Defining the "Majority" Vote Requirement in Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 35(a) for Rehearings En Banc in the United States Courts of Appeals
Marie Leary,
February 2002 (Publication) 25 pages
This report was prepared at the request of the Judicial Conference Committee on Appellate Rules as they consider proposing a uniform rule on en banc voting procedures for the courts of appeals. Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 35(a) and 28 U.S.C. §46(c) both require a vote of "[a] majority of ...(Read more) |
| _ | A Qualitative Study of Issues Raised By the Discovery of Computer-Based Information in Civil Litigation
Molly Treadway Johnson, Kenneth J. Withers, Meghan A. Dunn,
September 13, 2002 (Publication) 67 pages
This study was undertaken to gain a better understanding of the nature of specific issues relating to computer-based discovery, including, but not limited to: the preservation or spoliation of computer-based evidence; costly efforts to retrieve computer-based information for purposes of discovery; ...(Read more) |
| _ | CJA Supervising Attorney: A Possible Tool in Criminal Justice Act Administration
Tim Reagan, John Shapard, Christina Studebaker, Naomi Medvin, Jennifer Marsh, Melissa Deckman, Stefanie Lindquist,
April 2001 (Publication) 131 pages
Report to the Judicial Conference Committees on Defender Services, Judicial Resources, and Court Administration and Case Management, April 2001. |
| _ | Trends in Summary Judgment Practice: A Preliminary Analysis
Joe S. Cecil, Dean P. Miletich, George Cort,
November 2001 (Publication) 7 pages
The drop in trial rate in civil cases over the past three decades prompts many hypotheses about the cause. One possible explanation is an increase in dispositive motions, especially motions for summary judgment. The Center has collected information on dispositive motions in cases terminated in six ...(Read more) |
| _ | Implementation of the Disclosure Provisions in the Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26 by the United States Bankruptcy Courts
Elizabeth C. Wiggins, Shannon Wheatman,
December 2000 (Publication) 45 pages
District-by-district summary and chart of local rules or orders adopted by U.S. Bankruptcy courts responding to 1993 amendments to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 26. Also summarizes other discovery-related requirements and patterns found in courts' responses to amendments. |
| _ | Court-Ordered Mental Examinations of Capital Defendants: Procedures in Ten States
Laural L. Hooper, Jennifer Evans, Robert Nida,
March 1999 (Publication) 73 pages
Report to the Advisory Committee on Criminal Rules regarding the proposal to amend Rule 12.2. Procedures governing court-ordered mental examinations are presented as they have been implemented in a sample of districts with extensive death penalty experience. |
| _ | Standards Governing Attorney Conduct in the Bankruptcy Courts: Report to the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Bankruptcy Rules
Marie Cordisco Leary, Robert J. Niemic, Melissa Deckman,
March 1999 (Publication) 101 pages
Bankruptcy courts are different from the district courts in the attorney conduct area in that attorneys who practice in bankruptcy courts are subject to a complex statutory system, which includes bankruptcy-specific conflict of interest criteria and other standards directly governing attorney ...(Read more) |
| _ | Data on Discovery Cutoffs (memorandum)
Thomas E. Willging,
February 1998 (Publication) 4 pages
Memorandum to the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules expanding on earlier report on time limits on discovery. Findings are based on data gathered from survey of counsel in 1000 closed civil cases, and differed from findings Rand Corp. presented to committee. The memorandum includes the following two ...(Read more) |
| _ | Implementation of Disclosure in United States District Courts, With Specific Attention to Courts' Responses to Selected Amendments to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26
Donna Stienstra,
March 30, 1998 (Publication) 30 pages
Updates the March 28, 1997 report on the federal district courts' responses to the 1993 amendments to FRCP 26. Tables describe courts' local rules, general orders, and CJRA plans by indicating which of five key provisions of Rule 26 are in effect. |
| _ | Middle Ground Districts (memorandum)
Thomas E. Willging,
February 1998 (Publication) 3 pages
Memorandum to the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Civil Rules identifying two districts, the Northern District of Alabama and the Central District of California, as examples of "the 'middle ground' between current requirements and abolition of disclosure requirements." |
| _ | Numerical and Durational Limitations on Discovery Events as Adopted in Federal Local Rules and State Practices
Marie Cordisco Leary, Thomas E. Willging,
February 1998 (Publication) 68 pages
Conducted at the request of Advisory Committee on Civil Rules, the report describes the local rules or practices in all ninety-four federal districts regarding numerical limitations on interrogatories and depositions and durational limits on depositions. |
| _ | RPI FAQs Bulletin
Pat Lombard, Laural Hooper,
August 1998 (Publication) 42 pages
Posting of the responses to the most "frequently asked questions" during Risk Prediction Index training and implementation. |
| _ | Durational Limits on Depositions (memorandum)
Thomas E. Willging,
December 1997 (Publication) 3 pages
Memorandum to the Judicial Conference Subcommittee on Discovery of the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules assisting review of proposal to limit length of depositions. Findings were based on data gathered from counsel surveyed on duration of depositions in 1000 closed civil cases. This unpublished ...(Read more) |
| _ | Implementation of Disclosure in United States District Courts, With Specific Attention to Courts' Responses to Selected Amendments to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26
Donna Stienstra,
March 28, 1997 (Publication)
[superseded]
Updates the March 22, 1996 report on the federal district courts' responses to the 1993 amendments to FRCP 26. Tables describe courts' local rules, general orders, and CJRA plans by indicating which of five key provisions of Rule 26 are in effect. |
| _ | RPI Profiles - Descriptive Information About Offenders Grouped by their RPI Scores
James B. Eaglin, Scott Gilbert, Laural Hooper, Patricia Lombard,
May 1997 (Publication) 30 pages
Pamphlet to assist probation officers using the Risk Prediction Index. Demographic, offense, and supervision outcome information for offenders is provided. |
| _ | RPI Training and Calculation Worksheet Application Guide
Pat Lombard, Laural Hooper, James B. Eaglin,
November 1997 (Publication) 68 pages
Printed copy of the electronic version of the Risk Prediction Index guide as used to make an initial risk assessment for all new active supervision cases. |
| _ | Standards of Attorney Conduct and Disciplinary Procedures: A Study of the Federal District Courts, Report to the Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure
Marie Cordisco Leary,
June 1997 (Publication) 69 pages
Report to the Judicial Conference Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure on the experiences of federal districts with local rules that govern attorney conduct and procedures used by the courts to address alleged misconduct. This report is printed in the Working Papers of the Judicial ...[(Read more) |
| _ | Assessing the Judicial Workload Associated with Mega Chapter 11 Cases
Elizabeth C. Wiggins, Patricia A. Lombard,
June 1996 (Publication) 26 pages
This report revises and expands on the January 1996 report to the Bankruptcy Committee evaluating two approaches that refine assessing judicial workload for Mega Chapter 11 cases and recommendations to the committee for facilitating mega cases in the future. |
| _ | Assessing the Judicial Workload Associated with Mega Chapter 11 Cases in the Southern District of New York
Elizabeth C. Wiggins,
December 1996 (Publication) 15 pages
Report to the Bankruptcy Committee of the results of adjusting the weighted caseload for the Southern District of New York in accordance with the protocol adopted by the Bankruptcy Committee at the June 1996 meeting. |
| _ | Implementation of Disclosure in United States District Courts, With Specific Attention to Courts' Responses to Selected Amendments to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26
Donna Stienstra,
March 22, 1996 (Publication)
[superseded]
Report on the federal district courts' responses to the 1993 amendments to FRCP 26. Tables describe courts' local rules, general orders, and CJRA plans by indicating which of five key provisions of Rule 26 are in effect.
Also reprinted in Federal Practice & Procedure, Vol 8, 1996 ...(Read more) |
| _ | New Case Weights for Computing Each District's Weighted Filings Per Judgeship (revised 1996)
John E. Shapard,
March 27, 1996 (Publication) 6 pages
This document presents tables which show case weights derived from the Federal Judicial Center's 1987-1993 District Court Time Study. The case weights were approved by the Judicial Conference Subcommittee on Judicial Statistics in 1993 for use in calculating the districts' annual Weighted Filings ...(Read more) |
| _ | Proposed Research Conference on Disputes and Litigation Over Delivery of Health Care Services
Joe S. Cecil,
October 1996 (Publication) 5 pages
Proposal seeks funding to underwrite conference to "identify opportunities for research on the relationship between litigation and the delivery of health care services." Issues raised would become subjects of empirical study by smaller groups. |
| _ | Protective Order Activity in Three Federal Judicial Districts: Report to the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules
Elizabeth C. Wiggins, Melissa Pecherski, George Cort,
April 16, 1996 (Publication) 22 pages
This report to the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Civil Rules summarized work underway at the Federal Judicial Center concerning protective orders, confidential settlement agreements, and other sealed court records. The general purpose of the work was to provide the information necessary ...(Read more) |
| _ | Rule 2004 Examinations—Survey Results (memorandum)
Elizabeth Wiggins, Naomi Medvin,
September 1996 (Publication) 59 pages
Memorandum to the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Bankruptcy Rules responding to request for an estimate of the number of motions and other requests for Rule 2004 examinations and information about current practices related to Rule 2004 examinations. |
| _ | Rules of Thumb for Designing and Administering Mailed Questionnaires
Donna Stienstra,
August 1996 (Publication) 10 pages
Based on the experience of the staff of the Research Division to improve the rate of response to mailed questionnaires and to enhance the accuracy of the data obtained |
| _ | An Analysis of Disposition Times for Capital Habeas Corpus Petitions
Scott Gilbert, Patricia Lombard,
September 1995 (Publication) 15 pages
Report to the Conference of Chief Circuit Judges and Circuit Executives regarding the disposition times of capital habeas petitions in both federal district and appellate courts. |
| _ | Analysis of Table Depicting Eligibility Requirements For, and Restrictions on, Practice Before the Federal District Courts
Marie Cordisco (Leary),
November 1995 (Publication) 55 pages
Presents the analysis of the table that depicts the current rule and any restrictions for all ninty-four district courts regarding eligibility to practice before the court |
| _ | Chief District Judges' Management of Court Caseloads
Donna Stienstra,
April 1996 (Publication) 10 pages
Summary prepared for June 1998 meeting of Judicial Conference Court Administration and Case Management Committee relating the responses of chief judges who responded to queries at April 1996 annual workshop about their role in managing their district's caseflow. |
| _ | Eligibility Requirement For, and Restrictions On, Practice Before the Federal District Courts (unpublished Practice Table); Analysis of Table Depicting Eligibility Requirement For, and Restrictions On, Practice Before the Federal District Courts
Marie Cordisco,
1995 (Publication)
All ninety-four federal district courts specify in their local court rules who is eligible to practice before the court and any restrictions on this practice. While these rules vary considerably among the districts, a common framework permits analysis and meaningful comparisons. All federal ...(Read more) |
| _ | Implementation of Disclosure in United States District Courts, With Specific Attention to Courts' Responses to Selected Amendments to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26
Donna Stienstra,
March 24, 1995 (Publication)
[superseded]
Report on the federal district courts' responses to the 1993 amendments to FRCP 26. Tables describe courts' local rules, general orders, and CJRA plans by indicating which of five key provisions of Rule 26 are in effect. |
| _ | Implementation of Selected Amendments to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26 by United States Bankruptcy Courts
Naomi Medvin, F. James Kearney, Elizabeth C. Wiggins,
March 1995 (Publication) 20 pages
[superseded]
District-by-district summary and chart of local rules or orders adopted by U.S. Bankruptcy courts responding to 1993 amendments to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 26. Also summarizes other discovery-related requirements and patterns found in courts' responses to amendments. |
| _ | New Case Weights for Computing Each District's Weighted Filings Per Judgeship (1995)
John E. Shapard,
1995 (Publication) 6 pages
[superseded]
This document presents tables which show case weights derived from the Federal Judicial Center's 1987-1993 District Court Time Study. The case weights were approved by the Judicial Conference Subcommittee on Judicial Statistics in 1993 for use in calculating the districts' annual ...(Read more) |
| _ | Preliminary Empirical Data on Class Action Activity in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and the Northern District of California in Cases Closed Between July 1, 1992 and June 30, 1994 (preliminary draft not for citation)
Thomas E. Willging, Laurel L. Hooper, Robert J. Niemic,
April 12, 1995 (Publication)
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| _ | Preliminary Report on Time Study Class Action Cases
Thomas E. Willging, Laurel L. Hooper, Robert J. Niemic,
February 9, 1995 (Publication)
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| _ | Summary of Empirical Data from and About All Securities Class Actions Terminated in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and the Northern District of California Between July 1, 1992-June 30, 1994 (Draft)
Thomas E. Willging, Laurel L. Hooper, Robert J. Niemic,
April 12, 1995 (Publication)
A summary report to the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Civil Rules on ongoing research. |
| _ | Implementation of Disclosure in United States District Courts, With Specific Attention to Courts' Responses to Selected Amendments to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26
Donna Stienstra,
March 1, 1994 (Publication)
[superseded]
Report on the federal district courts' responses to the 1993 amendments to FRCP 26. Tables describe courts' local rules, general orders, and CJRA plans by indicating which of five key provisions of Rule 26 are in effect. |
| _ | Partial Payment of Filing Fees in In Forma Pauperis Cases: Current Practices of Federal District Courts
Marie Cordisco (Leary),
October 1994 (Publication) 14 pages
Report to the Judicial Conference Committee on Federal-State Jurisdiction on the extent of partial filing fees being required in federal judicial districts. |
| _ | Protective Order Activity in Three Federal Judicial Districts, Interim Report to the Advisory Committee On Civil Rules
Elizabeth C. Wiggins, Melissa J. Pecherski, George Cort,
October 1994 (Publication)
Interim report to the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee On Civil Rules providing information that was used in evaluating the need for additional provisions in the rules relating to sealed court records and sealed settlement agreements. |
| _ | Rule 1006: Paying Filing Fee Installments through the Chapter 13 Trustee (memorandum)
Elizabeth Wiggins,
February 1994 (Publication) 42 pages
Survey results regarding suggested changes to Fed. R. Bankr. 1006 are presented in this memo.
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| _ | Survey Concerning Voir Dire, Memorandum to the Advisory Committees on Civil and Criminal Rules (memorandum)
John Shapard, Molly Johnson,
October 1994 (Publication) 14 pages
Results of a survey done at the request of the chairs of the Advisory Committees on Civil and Criminal Rules on judicial practices in conducting voir dire; opinions about counsel participation in voir dire; and impressions on effect on voir dire of the line of cases beginning with Batson v. ...(Read more) |
| _ | Evaluation of Experimental Videotaping of Court Proceedings (memorandum)
John Shapard,
May 1993 (Publication) 9 pages
This is an evaluation of a videotaping experiment conducted from January 1991 to Decemner 1992 by the Administrative Office of the U.S.Courts, with contract assistance from National Center for State Courts, in the courtrooms of five district judges and one magistrate judge. The evaluation gives ...(Read more) |
| _ | Guidelines for Using Mailed Questionnaires
Carol Krafka, Patricia Lombard, Donna Stienstra, Elizabeth Wiggins, Carol Witcher,
September 1993 (Publication) 33 pages
A "how-to" manual based on the experience of the Research Division staff to help in anticipating the steps involved and to plan for the resources necessary to successfully get information by mail questionnaire. |
| _ | How Caseload Statistics Deceive
John Shapard,
August 1991 (Publication) 4 pages
Despite the various adages concerning statistics and lies, statistics don't lie. Instead, we often mislead ourselves by misinterpreting statistics. Court caseload statistics present numerous opportunities for this sort of self-deception. Obvious ways of looking at caseload data and obvious nostrums ...(Read more) |
| _ | Overview of Case Weighting in the Bankruptcy Courts
Elizabeth C. Wiggins,
1991 (Publication)
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| _ | Unresolved Intercircuit Conflicts: The Nature and Scope of the Problem, Final Report: Phase I
Arthur D. Hellman,
December 1991 (Publication) 112 pages
In section 302 of the Judicial Improvements Act of 1990, Congress took steps to address long-felt concerns about the capacity of the federal judicial system to provide, within a reasonable time, a uniform construction of federal law where uniformity is needed. Adopting a recommendation of the ...(Read more) |
| _ | Court-Annexed Arbitration in the District of New Jersey
Barbara Meierhoefer,
1989 (Publication) 93 pages
In 1990 the Federal Judicial Center published Court-Annexed Arbitration in Ten District Courts, a statutorily mandated evaluation of the pilot court-annexed mandatory arbitration programs in ten federal district courts. The report examined how well the programs met various goals, relaying primarily ...(Read more) |
| _ | Court-Annexed Arbitration in the Eastern District of New York
Barbara Meierhoefer,
1989 (Publication) 60 pages
In 1990 the Federal Judicial Center published Court-Annexed Arbitration in Ten District Courts, a statutorily mandated evaluation of the pilot court-annexed mandatory arbitration programs in ten federal district courts. The report examined how well the programs met various goals, relaying primarily ...(Read more) |
| _ | Court-Annexed Arbitration in the Middle District of North Carolina
Barbara Meierhoefer,
1989 (Publication) 98 pages
In 1990 the Federal Judicial Center published Court-Annexed Arbitration in Ten District Courts, a statutorily mandated evaluation of the pilot court-annexed mandatory arbitration programs in ten federal district courts. The report examined how well the programs met various goals, relaying primarily ...(Read more) |
| _ | Court-Annexed Arbitration in the Western District of Michigan
Barbara Meierhoefer, Carroll Seron,
1989 (Publication) 98 pages
In 1990 the Federal Judicial Center published Court-Annexed Arbitration in Ten District Courts, a statutorily mandated evaluation of the pilot court-annexed mandatory arbitration programs in ten federal district courts. The report examined how well the programs met various goals, relaying primarily ...(Read more) |
| _ | Court-Annexed Arbitration in the Western District of Missouri
Barbara Meierhoefer, Carroll Seron,
1989 (Publication) 62 pages
In 1990 the Federal Judicial Center published Court-Annexed Arbitration in Ten District Courts, a statutorily mandated evaluation of the pilot court-annexed mandatory arbitration programs in ten federal district courts. The report examined how well the programs met various goals, relaying primarily ...(Read more) |
| _ | Court-Annexed Arbitration in the Western District of Texas
Barbara Meierhoefer, Carroll Seron,
1989 (Publication) 57 pages
In 1990 the Federal Judicial Center published Court-Annexed Arbitration in Ten District Courts, a statutorily mandated evaluation of the pilot court-annexed mandatory arbitration programs in ten federal district courts. The report examined how well the programs met various goals, relaying primarily ...(Read more) |
| _ | Court-Annexed Arbitration in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Barbara Meierhoefer, Carroll Seron,
1988 (Publication) 52 pages
In 1990 the Federal Judicial Center published Court-Annexed Arbitration in Ten District Courts, a statutorily mandated evaluation of the pilot court-annexed mandatory arbitration programs in ten federal district courts. The report examined how well the programs met various goals, relaying primarily ...(Read more) |
| _ | Court-Annexed Arbitration in the Middle District of Florida
Barbara Meierhoefer, Carroll Seron,
1988 (Publication) 65 pages
In 1990 the Federal Judicial Center published Court-Annexed Arbitration in Ten District Courts, a statutorily mandated evaluation of the pilot court-annexed mandatory arbitration programs in ten federal district courts. The report examined how well the programs met various goals, relaying primarily ...(Read more) |
| _ | Court-Annexed Arbitration in the Northern District of California
Barbara Meierhoefer, Carroll Seron,
1988 (Publication) 62 pages
In 1990 the Federal Judicial Center published Court-Annexed Arbitration in Ten District Courts, a statutorily mandated evaluation of the pilot court-annexed mandatory arbitration programs in ten federal district courts. The report examined how well the programs met various goals, relaying primarily ...(Read more) |
| _ | Court-Annexed Arbitration in the Western District of Oklahoma
Barbara Meierhoefer,
1988 (Publication) 69 pages
In 1990 the Federal Judicial Center published Court-Annexed Arbitration in Ten District Courts, a statutorily mandated evaluation of the pilot court-annexed mandatory arbitration programs in ten federal district courts. The report examined how well the programs met various goals, relaying primarily ...(Read more) |
| _ | Geographical Division of the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals: An Historical Analysis
Denise Bonn,
1974 (Publication) 44 pages
In 1975, the Commission on Revision of the Federal Court Appellate System, chaired by Senator Roman L. Hruska, recommended to the Congress, the President and Chief Justice of the United States that the geographical boundaries of the Fifth and Ninth Circuits be altered to create four circuits. This ...(Read more) |