Reference Manuals

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Manual for Complex Litigation, Third Edition [Superseded]

January 1, 1995

The successor to the Manual for Complex Litigation, Second, this work describes procedures that trial judges have found to be successful in managing complex cases. It also analyzes practices that have caused difficulties. It includes a number of forms that have been used by U.S.

Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence, First Edition [Superseded]

William W Schwarzer, Joe S. Cecil, Thomas E. Willging, Marie Leary, D. Dean P. Miletich, Judith A. McKenna, Bernard D. Goldstein, Leon Gordis, Margaret A. Berger, Mary Sue Henifin, Michael D. Green, Paul F. Rothstein, Shari Seidman Diamond, Victoria A. Lazear

January 1, 1994

A reference to assist judges in managing expert evidence in cases involving issues of science or technology.

Other editions:

Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence, Third Edition (2011)

Chambers Handbook for Judges' Law Clerks and Secretaries [Superseded]

January 1, 1994

A handbook that provides an overview of chambers operations and the work of the federal courts.

Manual for Litigation Management and Cost and Delay Reduction [Superseded]

January 1, 1992

Prepared in response to a mandate of the Civil Justice Reform Act of 1990, the manual offers judges an arsenal of management techniques for every phase of civil litigation.

Handbook on Jury Use in the Federal District Courts

Jody E. George, Deirdre Golash, Russell R. Wheeler

January 1, 1989

A manual that explains the basic concepts of administering federal juries. It describes statutory requirements, Judicial Conference policies, and various procedures used in the district courts.

Manual for Complex Litigation (Fifth Revision) (draft) [Superseded]

January 1, 1980

Legislative History of Title I of the Speedy Trial Act of 1974

Anthony Partridge

January 1, 1980

A research aid for those engaged in interpreting the Speedy Trial Act. Excerpts from congressional hearing records and committee reports are reproduced verbatim and arranged according to the sections of the statute to which they pertain.

Prosecutorial Discretion and Federal Sentencing Reform

Stephen J. Schulhofer

January 1, 1979

A discussion of specific ways in which prosecutorial influence over sentences might be affected by sentencing guideline systems debated in Congress. The first volume contains the body of the report, with analyses and conclusions; the second is a technical supplement.

Manual on Employment Discrimination and Civil Rights Actions in the Federal Courts

Charles Robert Richey

January 1, 1978

A reference work designed to provide judges with general resource material to aid them in their preparation for and trial of employment discrimination cases. The manual includes separate analyses of each of the various statutes relied upon in such actions.

Courtran Management Information System: Terminal/Telecommunications User's Manual

January 1, 1976

This manual describes procedures for court employees to call, log in and log out of the Federal Judicial Center computers to access COURTRAN. Instructions for use of COURTRAN are contained in separate manuals.

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