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Attitudes of United States Judges Toward Limitation of Oral Argument and Opinion-Writing in the United States Courts of Appeals

Jerry Goldman

January 1, 1975

The results of a survey undertaken for the Commission on Revision of the Federal Court Appellate System, in which the attitudes of federal judges regarding appellate oral argument and opinion-writing practices were explored.

Forecasts of Case Filing Volumes in the Federal District Courts

R. L. Hooper

December 1, 1974

The goal of this study was forecasts of case filing volumes in federal district courts. The effort was interdisciplinary involving statisticians, computer scientists, political scientists, lawyers, and economists.

Geographical Division of the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals: An Historical Analysis

Denise Bonn

June 1, 1974

In 1975, the Commission on Revision of the Federal Court Appellate System, chaired by Senator Roman L. Hruska, recommended to the Congress, the President and Chief Justice of the United States that the geographical boundaries of the Fifth and Ninth Circuits be altered to create four circuits.

Report on Legal Research Practices in Three Federal Courts and Possible Computer Applications To Those Practices

William L. Whittaker

February 15, 1974

Developments in Judicial Administration: A Five-Year Summary

Federal Judicial Center

January 1, 1974

This brief report highlights modernizing developments in the state and federal judiciaries during the period 1970 to 1974, and reflects the Center's responsibility to promote and encourage judicial improvement.

Courtran II: An Assessment of Applications and Computer Requirements

Charles W. Nihan

January 1, 1974

The Second Circuit Sentencing Study: A Report to the Judges of the Second Circuit

William B. Eldridge, Anthony Partridge

January 1, 1974

The report on a sentencing experiment that revealed substantial disparity in determining both the need for incarceration and the lengths of prison terms to be imposed. Matters of disparity and the effects of particular case characteristics are discussed.

Guidelines for Pre-Recording Testimony on Videotape Prior to Trial [Superseded]

January 1, 1974

These guidelines were first devised for a pilot project in four U.S. District Courts to evaluate the use of videotape, and to develop rules and procedures for the future use of videotape in the courts. The graphics in this publication are crude, hand drawn figures.

Attorney Attitudes Toward Limitation of Oral Argument and Written Opinion in Three U.S. Courts of Appeals

Leonard H. Goodman, Thomas F. Drury, William B. Stevenson

January 1, 1974

A report prepared for the Commission on Revision of the Federal Court Appellate System

Pilot Project on Communicating Automatic Typewriters: Evaluation Report

June 23, 1973

In response to concerns expressed about delay in transmission of proposed opinions and emergency motion papers among the widely-scattered judges of the Temporary Court of Emergency Appeals (TECA), the Federal Judicial Center conducted a pilot project experimenting with the use of IBM Magnetic Car

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Research Reports

Attitudes of United States Judges Toward Limitation of Oral Argument and Opinion-Writing in the United States Courts of Appeals

Forecasts of Case Filing Volumes in the Federal District Courts

Geographical Division of the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals: An Historical Analysis

Report on Legal Research Practices in Three Federal Courts and Possible Computer Applications To Those Practices

Developments in Judicial Administration: A Five-Year Summary

Courtran II: An Assessment of Applications and Computer Requirements

The Second Circuit Sentencing Study: A Report to the Judges of the Second Circuit

Guidelines for Pre-Recording Testimony on Videotape Prior to Trial [Superseded]

Attorney Attitudes Toward Limitation of Oral Argument and Written Opinion in Three U.S. Courts of Appeals

Pilot Project on Communicating Automatic Typewriters: Evaluation Report

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