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Conference on Large Chapter 11 Cases

Judicial Conference of the United States, Committee on the Administration of the Bankruptcy System

January 1, 2004

The purpose of the conference, held in Washington, D.C.

State Court Procedures Regarding Pre-Verdict Judgments of Acquittal and the State's Right to Appeal Those Judgments

Laural L. Hooper, Marie Leary

September 30, 2003

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.

Remote Public Access to Electronic Criminal Case Records: A Report on a Pilot Project in Eleven Federal Courts

David E. Rauma

May 7, 2003

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 fav

Sealed Settlement Agreements in Federal District Court—May 2003 Progress Report

Tim Reagan, Marie Leary, Shannon R. Wheatman, Thomas E. Willging, Natacha Blain, George W. Cort, D. Dean P. Miletich

May 1, 2003

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.

A Qualitative Study of Issues Raised by the Discovery of Computer-Based Information in Civil Litigation, September 13, 2002

Molly Johnson, Kenneth J. Withers, Meghan A. Dunn

September 13, 2002

This research report was submitted to the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Civil Rules for its October 2002 meeting.

Effects of Amchem/Ortiz on the Filing of Federal Class Actions: Report to the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules

Robert J. Niemic, Thomas E. Willging

September 9, 2002

The Advisory Committee on Civil Rules has been considering a proposal to revise Fed. R. Civil P. 23 to create new certification standards that would apply only to settlement class actions. The Committee sought empirical research from the Center to help it decide how to proceed.

Statement of Allegations and Reasons in Chief Judge Dismissal Orders Under the Judicial Conduct and Disability Act of 1980

Jeffrey N. Barr, Thomas E. Willging

May 1, 2002

This brief report was prepared at the request of the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property of the House Judiciary Committee.

Past and Potential Uses of Empirical Research in Civil Rulemaking

Thomas E. Willging

April 1, 2002

This article describes some of the advantages, disadvantages, potential benefits, and limitations of conducting empirical research to inform the civil rulemaking process.

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 1, 2002

This report was prepared at the request of the Committee on Appellate Rules as they consider proposing a uniform rule on en banc voting procedures for the courts of appeals.

Alternative Structures for Bankruptcy Appeals

Elizabeth C. Wiggins, Judith A. McKenna

January 1, 2002

Under the current bankruptcy appellate system, appeals from dispositive orders of bankruptcy judges are taken to the district court or to the bankruptcy appellate panel, if one has been established and the district has chosen to participate, with further appeal as of right to the court of appeals

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