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Civil Litigation Management Manual, Second Edition [SUPERSEDED] This manual provides trial judges a handbook on managing civil cases. It sets out a wide array of case-management techniques, beginning with early case screening and concluding with steps for streamlining trials and final disposition. It also discusses a number of special topics, including pro se and high visibility cases, the role of staff, and automated programs that supports case management. |
January 1, 2010 |
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Patent Case Management Judicial Guide [Superseded] A comprehensive, user-friendly, and practical judicial guide for managing patent cases. |
January 1, 2009 |
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Ten Steps to Better Case Management: A Guide for Multidistrict Litigation Transferee Judges [Superseded] This guide is intended to help judges to whom an MDL case has been transferred. Congress created the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation under 28 U.S.C. § 1407 and gave it the responsibility to transfer "civil actions involving one or more common questions of fact" from multiple districts to any single district for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings. |
January 1, 2009 |
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Managing Class Action Litigation: A Pocket Guide for Judges, Second Edition [Superseded] This pocket guide is designed to help federal judges manage the increased number of class action cases filed in or removed to federal courts as a result of the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (CAFA). This second edition includes a new section on determining federal jurisdiction that incorporates case-management practices and judicial interpretations of CAFA. |
January 1, 2009 |
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A Primer on the Jurisdiction of the U.S. Courts of Appeals, Second Edition [Superseded] Superseded by A Primer on the Jurisdiction of the U.S. Courts of Appeals, Third Edition. |
January 1, 2009 |
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Immigration Law: A Primer This monograph provides an introduction to and overview of immigration law, with a focus on analyzing issues that arise in litigation. It sets out the legislative history, explains the statutory and administrative regime, and describes the substantive and procedural law relevant to federal judges, including circuit splits. Topics covered include the Real ID Act and its effect on judicial review, categories of admissibility, asylum, deportation, removal, relief, waiver, and remedies. |
January 1, 2009 |
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A Guide to the Judicial Management of Bankruptcy Mega-Cases, Second Edition (update of the 2007 version to incorporate the December 2007 bankruptcy rules amendments) |
January 1, 2009 |
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A Guide to the Judicial Management of Bankruptcy Mega-Cases, Second Edition—Report and Exhibits (update of the 2007 version to incorporate the December 2007 bankruptcy rules amendments) |
January 1, 2009 |
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Section 1983 Litigation, Second Edition [Superseded] Section 1983 Litigation, Section Edition analyzes the fundamental issues that arise in litigation under 42 U.S.C. - 1983, and the case law interpreting those issues. This edition contains new sections on jury instructions and the Rooker-Feldman Doctrine, new material on retaliatory prosecutions, and expanded coverage on jurisdiction. Research for this edition concluded with the October 2007 Supreme Court term and covers courts of appeals decisions reported through June 30, 2008. |
January 1, 2008 |
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Ten Steps to Better Case Management: A Guide for Multidistrict Litigation Transferee Court Clerks [Superseded] This guide is intended to help transferee clerks of court successfully manage multidistrict litigation (MDL). |
January 1, 2008 |