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Citations to Unpublished Opinions in the Federal Courts of Appeals: Preliminary Report

Tim Reagan, Meghan A. Dunn, David Guth, Sean Harding, Andrea Henson-Armstrong, Laural L. Hooper, Marie Leary, Angelia N. Levy, Jennifer Evans Marsh, Robert J. Niemic
April 14, 2005

The Appellate Rules Advisory Committee has proposed a new Rule 32.1, which would permit attorneys and courts in federal appeals in all circuits to cite unpublished opinions.

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Analysis of Briefing Requirements in the United States Courts of Appeals

Marie Leary
November 30, 2004

The Federal Judicial Center prepared this report to assist the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure to evaluate reported problems with and potential amendments to Rules 28 and 32 on the content and cover of briefs.

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State Court Procedures Regarding Pre-Verdict Judgments of Acquittal and the State's Right to Appeal Those Judgments

Laural L. Hooper, Marie Leary
September 30, 2003

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has proposed amending Rule 29 to preserve the government's right to appeal a trial court's decision to grant a motion for judgment of acquittal.

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Defining the "Majority" Vote Requirement in Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 35(a) for Rehearings En Banc in the United States Courts of Appeals

Marie Leary
February 1, 2002

This report was prepared at the request of the Committee on Appellate Rules as they consider proposing a uniform rule on en banc voting procedures for the courts of appeals.

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Alternative Structures for Bankruptcy Appeals

Elizabeth C. Wiggins, Judith A. McKenna
January 1, 2002

Under the current bankruptcy appellate system, appeals from dispositive orders of bankruptcy judges are taken to the district court or to the bankruptcy appellate panel, if one has been established and the district has chosen to participate, with further appeal as of right to the court of appeals

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Guideline Sentencing: An Outline of Appellate Case Law on Selected Issues [Superseded]

Jefri Wood
September 1, 2000

A cumulative outline of issues covered in Guideline Sentencing Update.

Superseded by Guideline Sentencing: An Outline of Appellate Case Law on Selected Issues (2002).

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Alternative Structures for Bankruptcy Appeals

Elizabeth C. Wiggins, Judith A. McKenna
January 1, 2000

Under the current bankruptcy appellate system, appeals from dispositive orders of bankruptcy judges are taken to the district court or to the bankruptcy appellate panel, if one has been established and the district has chosen to participate, with further appeal as of right to the court of appeals

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Case Management Procedures in the Federal Courts of Appeals [Superseded]

Judith A. McKenna, Laural L. Hooper, Mary Clark
January 1, 2000

This report details the varying appellate practices and procedures of the U.S. courts of appeals within the generally uniform appellate scheme imposed by the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure.

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Assessment of Caseload Burden in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit – Report to the Subcommittee on Judicial Statistics of the Committee on Judicial Resources of the Judicial Conference of the United States

Stefanie A. Lindquist, Carol L. Krafka, John E. Shapard
January 1, 1999

The mix of cases in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit differs markedly from the case mix of other U.S. courts of appeals. The implications of this difference for judicial workload and judgeship needs, however, have been unclear.

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Geographical Boundaries of U.S. Courts of Appeals and U.S. District Courts

January 1, 1999

A 4 color map of the United States which shows the geographical boundaries of the ninety-four districts and the twelve regional circuits (eleven numbered circuits and the District of Columbia Circuit).

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