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An Evaluation of Computer Assisted Legal Research Systems for Federal Court Applications

Alan M. Sager

January 1, 1977

This report describes a Federal Judicial Center study that evaluated the use of computer-assisted legal research systems in federal courts in the 1970s.The report explained the systems that were compared and the methodology of the project, provides comparative data, and recommended adoption of th

Case Management and Court Management in United States District Courts

Steven Flanders

January 1, 1977

An oft-cited analysis of the differences between court management procedures resulting in fast versus slow processing and those resulting in high versus low rates of disposition.

Observation and Study: Critique and Recommendations on Federal Procedures

Larry C. Farmer

January 1, 1977

An evaluation of study commitments under 18 U.S. C. Sections 4205(c) and 5010(e). The report concludes that the objective of observation and study--obtaining professional evaluations to support sentencing decisions--has not been met. The author proposes a new model for these studies.

Evaluation of the Probable Impact of Selected Proposals for Imposing Mandatory Minimum Sentences in the Federal Courts

Anthony Partridge, James B. Eaglin

January 1, 1977

A comparison of sentencing practices in fiscal 1976 with sentencing proposals offered in the second session of the 95th Congress.

Decisions Construing the Judicial Disqualification Statute

Francine Tilewick

January 1, 1977

A brief analysis of the judicial disqualification statute, 28 U.S.C. Section 455, with an index and annotations of reported decisions construing the statute.

Data Analysis at the Federal Judicial Center

C.M. Leinwand Associates

January 1, 1977

This report to the Federal Judicial Center looks at problems related to the collection and analysis of data that were encountered during the Center's first 10 years of existence.

Progress Report on Phase I: A Project to Develop a Predictive System for the Allocation of Judges

Institute for Law and Social Research

January 1, 1977

Appellate Court Case Weights Project

Federal Judicial Center, Federal Judicial Center Research Division

January 1, 1977

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.

An Evaluation of the Civil Appeals Management Plan: An Experiment in Judicial Administration

Jerry Goldman

January 1, 1977

An evaluation of the first experimental operation of the Civil Appeals Management Plan (CAMP) of the Second Circuit.

District Court Studies Project: Interim Report

Steven Flanders

January 1, 1976

Federal Judicial Center

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Research Reports

An Evaluation of Computer Assisted Legal Research Systems for Federal Court Applications

Case Management and Court Management in United States District Courts

Observation and Study: Critique and Recommendations on Federal Procedures

Evaluation of the Probable Impact of Selected Proposals for Imposing Mandatory Minimum Sentences in the Federal Courts

Decisions Construing the Judicial Disqualification Statute

Data Analysis at the Federal Judicial Center

Progress Report on Phase I: A Project to Develop a Predictive System for the Allocation of Judges

Appellate Court Case Weights Project

An Evaluation of the Civil Appeals Management Plan: An Experiment in Judicial Administration

District Court Studies Project: Interim Report

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