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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.

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.

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.

An Evaluative Review of Programs and Design of Future Evaluation Framework

Norval Morris, C. Ranlet Lincoln

January 1, 1976

This report to the Federal Judicial Center by staff of the University of Chicago Law School (Norval Morris) and University Extension (C.

Guidelines for Pre-Recording Testimony on Videotape Prior to Trial, Second Edition

January 1, 1976

A description of techniques, equipment, and procedures for videotaping depositions. The report includes forms, state and federal rules, cases, and a listing of articles on this subject.

District Court Studies Project: Interim Report

Steven Flanders

January 1, 1976

Consequences of Alternative Sentences

Sentencing Institute for the Sixth and Seventh Circuits

November 11, 1975

This document was used during a Sentencing Institute for the Sixth and Ninth Circuits, held November 11-14, 1975. Using a hypothetical case, it presents:

District Court Caseload Forecasting: An Executive Summary

October 1, 1975

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.

Appellate Review of Trial Court Discretion

Maurice Rosenberg

May 13, 1975

A discussion of types of cases in which judicial discretion─based on facts and guided by law─is applied in trial courts.

Structure and Internal Procedures: Recommendations for Change

Commission on Revision of the Federal Court Appellate System

January 1, 1975

The FJC is the repository for publications of the Commission on Revision of the Federal Court Appellate System and has available a limited number of copies of the commission's report: Structure and Internal Procedures: Recommendations for Change (1975).

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Research Reports

Appellate Court Case Weights Project

Decisions Construing the Judicial Disqualification Statute

Case Management and Court Management in United States District Courts

An Evaluative Review of Programs and Design of Future Evaluation Framework

Guidelines for Pre-Recording Testimony on Videotape Prior to Trial, Second Edition

District Court Studies Project: Interim Report

Consequences of Alternative Sentences

District Court Caseload Forecasting: An Executive Summary

Appellate Review of Trial Court Discretion

Structure and Internal Procedures: Recommendations for Change

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