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FJC Research Brief, No. 2: Trends in Summary Judgment Practice: 1975-2000 For the full 33-page report see Trends in Summary Judgment Practice: 1975-2000 (2007). |
Federal Rules of Practice and Procedure | December 1, 2007 |
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Progress Report to the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules on the Impact of CAFA on the Federal Courts The Federal Judicial Center has undertaken a long-term study of the impact of the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (CAFA) on the resources of the federal courts. This progress report on the impact of the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 was presented to the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules on November 8, 2007. The report presents an account of the progress of this long-term study as well as new information on class action activity in California and new data on consumer protection class actions and remand rates for removed cases. |
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Fed. R. Civil P. 23 | November 8, 2007 |
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Initial Report on Summary Judgment Practice Across Districts with Variations in Local Rules The Advisory Committee on Civil Rules asked the Federal Judicial Center to examine summary judgment practice across federal district courts as a means of assessing the potential impact of the proposed amendments to Rule 56. This initial report examined summary judgment practice in the 276,120 civil cases terminated in the federal district courts in Fiscal Year 2006. |
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Fed. R. Civil P. 56 | November 2, 2007 |
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Estimates of Summary Judgment Activity in Fiscal Year 2006 The Advisory Committee on Civil Rules asked the Federal Judicial Center to examine summary judgment practice across federal district courts as a means of assessing the potential impact of the proposed amendments to Rule 56. This report examined summary judgment activity in 179,969 cases terminated in the 78 federal district courts that had fully implemented the CM/ECF reporting system in Fiscal Year 2006. |
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Fed. R. Civil P. 56 | June 15, 2007 |
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Brady v. Maryland Material in the United States District Courts: Rules, Orders, and Policies An update of Treatment of Brady v. Maryland Material in United States District and State Courts' Rules, Orders, and Policies, the October 2004 report to the Advisory Committee on Criminal Rules as it and the Standing Committee on the Rules of Practice and Procedure consider proposed amendments to Rule 16 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. |
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, Fed. R. Crim. P. 11, Fed. R. Crim. P. 16 | May 31, 2007 |
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The Impact of the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005: Third Interim Report to the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Civil Rules The Federal Judicial Center has undertaken a long-term study of the impact of the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (CAFA) on the resources of the federal courts. The third interim report was delivered to the committee on April 16, 2007 for discussion at its April 19 meeting and reports on the results of statistical tests of the impact of CAFA on federal courts across the country. |
Federal Rules of Practice and Procedure, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Fed. R. Civil P. 23 | April 16, 2007 |
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FJC Research Brief, No. 1: The Impact of the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005: Third Interim Report to the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Civil Rules The Impact of the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005: Third Interim Report to the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Civil Rules. |
Federal Rules of Practice and Procedure | April 1, 2007 |
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Citing Unpublished Federal Appellate Opinions Issued Before 2007 Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 32.1 permits attorneys to cite to federal courts of appeals their unpublished opinions issued 2007 or later. Unpublished opinions issued before 2007 may be cited to the courts if permitted by the courts' local rules. This document is a summary table of the federal courts of appeals' local rules on citations to their unpublished opinions issued before 2007. The table is reprinted at 241 F.R.D. 328 (2007). |
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure, Fed. R. App. P. 32.1 | March 9, 2007 |
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Managing Discovery of Electronic Information: A Pocket Guide for Judges [Superseded] This pocket guide helps federal judges manage the discovery of electronically stored information (ESI). It covers issues unique to the discovery of ESI, including its scope, the allocation of costs, the form of production, the waiver of privilege and work product protection, and the preservation of data and spoliation. Superseded by Managing Discovery of Electronic Information: A Pocket Guide for Judges, Second Edition (2012). |
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Fed. R. Civil P. 26, Fed. R. Civil P. 45, Federal Rules of Evidence, Fed. R. Evid. 502 | January 1, 2007 |
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Trends in Summary Judgment Practice: 1975-2000 Report of a Federal Judicial Center study of summary judgment practice in six federal district courts during six time periods over twenty-five years (1975-2000), to determine whether summary judgment activity has increased over time and to what extent changes in summary judgment practice are due to the 1986 Supreme Court trilogy of summary judgment cases. For a 2-page summary of this report see FJC Research Brief, No. 2: Trends in Summary Judgment Practice: 1975-2000. |
Federal Rules of Practice and Procedure, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Fed. R. Civil P. 56 | January 1, 2007 |