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Data Collection Instruments for Court-Annexed Arbitration Reports

Barbara Meierhoefer, Carroll Seron
January 1, 1988

In 1990 the Federal Judicial Center published Court-Annexed Arbitration in Ten District Courts, a statutorily mandated evaluation of the pilot court-annexed mandatory arbitration programs in ten federal district courts. The report examined how well the programs met various goals, relaying primarily on participants' responses to survey questions about fairness and reduction of cost, delay, and court burden. It also addressed how various program features affected goal achievement. The ten programs that were evaluated in the report were Eastern Pennsylvania, Northern California, Middle Florida, Western Michigan, Western Missouri, New Jersey, Western Oklahoma, Eastern New York, Middle North Carolina, and Western Texas. -- -- This unpublished document presents the data collection instruments that were used during the evaluation. -- 1. Questionnaire to Judges on Court-Annexed Arbitration (interview protocol) -- 2. Judge Survey -- 3. Attorney Survey for Cases That Closed Prior to the Arbitration Hearing -- 4. Attorney Survey for Cases Disposed of During or After the Arbitration Hearing (no demand for trial de novo) -- 5. Attorney Survey for Cases with Demands for Trial De Novo -- 6. Litigant Survey for Cases That Closed Prior to the Arbitration Hearing -- 7. Litigant Survey for Cases Disposed of During or After the Arbitration Hearing (no demand for trial de novo) -- 8. Litigant Survey for Cases with Demands for Trial De Novo -- 9. Arbitrator Survey