 |  _ | 2003-2004 District Court Case-Weighting Study: Final Report to the Subcommittee on Judicial Statistics of the Committee on Judicial Resources of the Judicial Conference of the United States
Patricia Lombard, Carol Krafka,
2005 (Publication) 65 pages
Different types of cases impose different work demands on judges. Case weights are a measure of the average time consumed by cases of one type relative to other types. In 2003–2004, the Federal Judicial Center conducted a study to update existing weights for federal district courts using an ...(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. |
| _ | 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) |
| _ | 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. |
| _ | 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. |
| _ | Conference on Assessing the Effects of Legislation on the Workload of the Courts: Papers and Proceedings
A. Fletcher Mangum (ed.),
1995 (Publication) 173 pages
A record of the papers and proceedings of a conference the Center hosted in April 1993. The purpose of the conference was to facilitate efforts in judicial impact assessment by providing a forum where individuals with a shared interest in this area could exchange information and ideas. Panelists ...(Read more) |
| _ | 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 Report on Time Study Class Action Cases
Thomas E. Willging, Laurel L. Hooper, Robert J. Niemic,
February 9, 1995 (Publication)
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| _ | Stalking the Increase in the Rate of Federal Civil Appeals
Carol Krafka, Joe S. Cecil, Patricia Lombard,
1995 (Publication) 29 pages
This report concludes that the increase in civil appeals has resulted mainly from the increased volume of litigation in the district courts. The growth in appellate caseloads has been principally attributable to increasing rates of appeal in prisoner actions and, to a lesser extent, civil rights ...(Read more) |
| _ | Correcting the Record on the Bankruptcy Court Time Study
Gordon Bermant, Patricia Lombard, Elizabeth Wiggins,
1993 (Publication)
Reprint of 67 American Bankruptcy Law Journal 195 (Spring 1993). |
| _ | A Day in the Life: The Federal Judicial Center's 1988-1989 Bankruptcy Court Time Study
Gordon Bermant, Patricia A. Lombard, Elizabeth C. Wiggins,
1991 (Publication) 33 pages
At the request of the Judicial Conference Committee on the Administration of the Bankruptcy System, during fiscal year 1989, the Center surveyed the caseloads of 272 bankruptcy judges (97% of those sitting at the time). The data collected in the survey formed the basis of seventeen case weights, ...(Read more) |
| _ | 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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| _ | The 1987 District Court Case Time Study: A Brief Description (1990)
John E. Shapard,
August 28, 1990 (Publication) 2 pages
In November 1987, the Federal Judicial Center commenced its third major "time study" in the U.S. district courts. Like studies conducted in 1969 and 1979, the purpose of the new study is to develop case "weights" for district court civil and criminal cases.Case weights reflect the difference in ...(Read more) |
| _ | Managing Appeals in Federal Courts
Robert A. Katzmann, Michael Tonry,
1988 (Publication) 825 pages
An anthology of Center reports on handling appeals. The editors selected writings from the twenty-five published and unpublished reports on the topic the Center has supported in the last fifteen years. Eighteen of these reports are reprinted in whole or in part. The editors' introductions to each ...(Read more) |
| _ | The Caseload Experiences of the District Courts from 1972 to 1983: A Preliminary Analysis
Barbara Stone (Vincent) Meierhoefer, Eric V. Armen,
1985 (Publication) 20 pages
An analysis of the appropriateness of using 400 weighted filings per judge as the touchstone for recommending the creation of new district judgeships. Through statistical comparisons of various single-year filing cutoff points, the authors examine how the district courts have handled their pending ...(Read more) |
| _ | The 1981 Bankruptcy Court Time Study
John E. Shapard,
1982 (Publication) 107 pages
This study, done at the request of the Bankruptcy Division of the Administrative Office, is an analysis of the caseload burdens of bankruptcy judges, using a refinement of the time study method developed in the 1979 district court time study. The report describes in detail what was then a new ...(Read more) |
| _ | The Cases of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Gordon Bermant, Patricia A. Lombard, Carroll Seron,
1982 (Publication)
An examination of the relative judicial and administrative burdens produced by various case types in the D.C. Circuit. The study confirms that the burden arising from the quantity of material presented to the court for consideration is greater in administrative agency cases than in other case types. |
| _ | A Validation and Comparative Evaluation of Four Predictive Devices for Classifying Federal Probation Caseloads—A Report to the Committee of the Judicial Conference of the United States on the Administration of the Probation System
James B. Eaglin, Patricia A. Lombard,
1982 (Publication) 149 pages
An evaluation of the comparative validity of four risk prediction scales used for classifying federal probation caseloads. The authors found the U.S.D.C. 75 Scale to have the best balance of validity and predictive power, and they recommend that it be used by all U.S. probation officers. (The ...(Read more) |
| _ | The 1979 Federal District Court Time Study
Steven Flanders,
1980 (Publication) 111 pages
A revision in the system of case weights used to assess the caseload burden in district courts. Based on time records kept by ninety-nine federal district judges for a twelve-week period in early 1979, the report describes the survey method in detail, summarizes results and applications, and ...(Read more) |
| _ | Research Design for a Permanent Event-Based Case Weighting System for the Federal Judiciary
Terence Dungworth,
1980 (Publication) 67 pages
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| _ | Assessing the Feasibility of Case Weighting as a Method of Determining Judicial Work Load
Terence Dungworth, Jack Hausner, Richard Hildenbrand, Gary Oleson,
1978 (Publication)
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| _ | Appellate Court Caseweights Project
Research Division, Federal Judicial Center,
1977 (Publication) 36 pages
An attempt to develop estimates of relative workload in the courts of appeals without detailed timekeeping by judges. Judges estimated the relative workload associated with various appeal types, and their estimates were used to calculate case weights. The report concluded that the weighted ...(Read more) |
| _ | Court Caseload Weighting
William Renfro, Sarah Beckett (The Futures Group),
1975 (Publication)
Volume I: An Executive Summary
Volume II: Development and Test of a New Methods for Estimating Case Type Burdens
Volume III: Development and Test of a New Method for simulating Case Type Burdens
Appendices |
| _ | District Court Caseload Forecasting: An Executive Summary
1975 (Publication) 56 pages
A summary of the first phase of the Center's project to develop a caseload forecasting model. The study concludes that indicator-based forecasts can and should be used to help allocate district court resources. |
| _ | Data Sources Utilized in Developing Case Filing Models for Federal District Courts
S. L. Owzarski,
1974 (Publication) 90 pages
This is a reference guide to the demographic, economic and social indicator variables used in the development of forecasts for case filing volumes in the federal district courts. This guide was developed by Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories, under contract to the Federal Judicial Center. |
| _ | Criminal Case Disposition Statistics, 1970 and 1972
William B. Eldridge,
1972 (Publication)
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| _ | Federal District Court Time Study: An Aid to Resource Management
William B. Eldridge,
November 10, 1972 (Publication) 7 pages
Remarks about the Federal Judicial Center's 1969-70 time study at an ORSA-TIMS-AIEE meeting, in Atlantic City, November 10, 1972. |
| _ | A Further Look at the 1969-70 Federal District Court Time Study
Ralph B. Stauber,
1972 (Publication)
This paper critiquing the 1969-70 time study was presented at an ORSA-TIMS-AIEE meeting, in Atlantic City, November 10, 1972. |
| _ | Report of the Study Group on the Caseload of the Supreme Court
1972 (Publication)
The conclusions of a panel of scholars and practitioners who were assembled to study the caseload of the Supreme Court, identify problems, and recommend jurisdictional and procedural changes to assist in remedying those problems. The text of this report can also be found at 57 F.R.D. 573 (1972). |
| _ | Case Filing and Termination Trends for U.S. District Courts (1940-1969)
1970 (Publication) 16 pages
Several Federal Judicial Center research projects have required reference charts on statistical trends. Some of the general charts are reproduced herein as a handy reference for persons interested in or requiring this data for their work. The charts are based on data from the Annual Report of the ...(Read more) |