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Reports & Studies
Below is a list of a number of past published studies conducted by the Research Division. Some Center reports are not published or made publicly available due to restrictions in place from the source of the research request. Most research reports can be downloaded and in some instances, a hardcopy publication can be requested. See also Manuals, Monographs, & Guides.
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Study Group on the Caseload of the Supreme Court ― Press Conference Transcript The conclusions of a panel of scholars and practitioners, commonly known as the Freund Commission Report, who were assembled to study the caseload of the Supreme Court, identify problems, and recommend jurisdictional and procedural changes to assist in remedying those problems. This is a transcript of the study group's December 19, 1972 press conference. See also Report of the Study Group on the Caseload of the Supreme Court (1972). |
December 19, 1972 |
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Study of Class Action Objector Appeals in the Second, Seventh, and Ninth Circuit Courts of Appeals: Report to the Advisory Committee on Appellate Rules of the Judicial Conference of the United States This report to the Judicial Conference’s Advisory Committee on Appellate Rules focused on class action objector appeals filed in the Second, Seventh, and Ninth Circuits from settlements approved by the district courts in class actions filed after January 1, 2008. The objector appeals studied were filed from January 1, 2008, through March 1, 2013, in the Seventh Circuit, through June 1, 2013, in the Second Circuit, and through July 1, 2013, in the Ninth Circuit. The study focused on the overall frequency of class action objector appeals during the study period, the final disposition of the class action objector appeals filed and no longer pending, and the prevalence of Appellate Rule 7 cost bonds imposed on the objector appeals identified. |
October 1, 2013 |
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Study of Court Reporting Systems: Executive Summary The court reporting study was concerned with test of the feasibility of using an existing computerized translation system for the production of transcript in courtroom environment; the development of suitable statistics on time and cost of transcript preparation with any of a number of alternative methods now in use or available; and a survey of laws pertaining to the recording of court proceedings. The Executive Summary has been prepared as a digest of the study. In particular, it distills the main features of Volume I, a compendium of information on available systems, including descriptions and the necessary quantitative data to assist court administrative personnel in modifying existing arrangements for their own jurisdictions. Details of the experimental program, survey of laws, and an annotated bibliography are contained in three additional volumes of the full report. The major recommendations are that further research and development effort is necessary and is warranted, and that consideration might be given to using the currently available computerized system as an interim measure to relieve excessive backlogs, but subject to some compromise in existing practice. This National Bureau of Standards report was prepared for the National Institute of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice, Law Enforcement Assistance Administration of the Department of Justice under NI-042 IA and for the Federal Judicial Center. |
January 1, 1971 |
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Study of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts’ Wiretap Report This report presents the findings from focus groups conducted with judiciary and nonjudiciary stakeholders on the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts' Wiretap Report. |
December 16, 2021 |
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Studying the Role of Gender in the Federal Courts: A Research Guide A research guide on how to do social science research, how to avoid the common pitfalls of analyzing data in a policy-charged environment, and how to work with social scientists who might provide assistance to courts. Although its emphasis is studying the role of gender, the guide will be helpful to those seeking a general introduction to social science methods used in related inquiries. |
January 1, 1995 |
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Summary Judgment Practice in Three District Courts A review of data indicating a decline in the percentage of cases disposed of by summary judgment from 1975 to 1986. The report also notes, however, a renewed interest in the use of this procedure, the standards for which have been clarified by several Supreme Court decisions. |
January 1, 1987 |
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Summary Jury Trials in the Northern District of Ohio An early analysis of the summary jury trial (SJT) procedure and a documentation of the views and concerns of participants in summary jury trials. The authors observed a number of summary jury trials, reviewed court records, and interviewed those involved in cases assigned to summary jury trials. |
January 1, 1982 |
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Summary of Management and Systems Survey of the U.S. Courts: An Overview Study of Five Courts of Appeals and Five District Courts Summarizes a 12-week management and systems study of federal courts conducted under contract to the Center. Analyzed court management procedures and problems of court administration. Prepared Under Contract to the Federal Judicial Center. |
January 1, 1969 |
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Supplemental Analysis of Unredacted Social Security Numbers in Federal Court PACER Documents At the request of the Judicial Conference Committee on Court Administration and Case Management (CACM), the Federal Judicial Center completed a supplemental analysis of unredacted Social Security numbers (SSNs) identified in its 2024 study Unredacted Social Security Numbers in Federal Court PACER Documents. The purpose of this analysis was to determine whether unredacted personally identifiable information (PII) is more common in particular types of court filings and proceedings. |
August 4, 2025 |
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Survey Concerning Voir Dire, Memorandum to the Advisory Committees on Civil and Criminal Rules Results of a survey done at the request of the chairs of the Advisory Committees on Civil and Criminal Rules on judicial practices in conducting voir dire; opinions about counsel participation in voir dire; and impressions on effect on voir dire of the line of cases beginning with Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79. Cite as: Survey Concerning Voir Dire, Memorandum to the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules, and the Advisory Committee on Criminal Rules of the Judicial Conference of the United States, by John Shapard and Molly Treadway Johnson, Federal Judicial Center, 1994. |
October 4, 1994 |