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Managing Appeals in Federal Courts

Robert A. Katzmann, Michael Tonry, Jerry Goldman, Anthony Partridge, Allan E. Lind, Joe S. Cecil, Gordon Bermant, Patricia A. Lombard, Carroll Seron, Donna J. Stienstra, John E. Shapard, William L. Reynolds, John E. McDermott, Steven Flanders, John W. Macy Jr., Russell R. Wheeler, Charles W. Nihan, Larry C. Farmer, J. Michael Greenwood

January 1, 1988

An anthology of Center reports on handling appeals. The editors selected writings from the twenty-five published and unpublished reports on the topic the Center has supported in the last fifteen years. Eighteen of these reports are reprinted in whole or in part.

Achieving Balance in the Developing Law of Sanctions

A. Leo Levin, Syl Sobel

January 1, 1987

A paper that examines the application of the sanctions provisions of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11 during the first few years after the 1983 amendments to the rule, with emphasis on appellate cases.

Unpublished Dispositions: Problems of Access and Use in the Courts of Appeals

Donna J. Stienstra

January 1, 1985

A brief analysis of the issue of equitable access to unpublished appellate decisions, based on an examination of the circuit courts' rules and practices regarding distribution and citation of unpublished dispositions.

Disability Appeals in Social Security Programs

Lance M. Liebman

January 1, 1985

A 1985 examination of the controversy and difficulties encountered by the Social Security Administration when determining disability and adjudicating appeals.

Issue Preclusion Against the United States Government

A. Leo Levin, Susan M. Leeson

January 1, 1984

A paper that explores the special problems of repetitive litigation by the United States, including the institutional role of the Of-ce of the Solicitor General.

Appeals Without Briefs: Evaluation of an Appeals Expediting Program in the Ninth Circuit

John E. Shapard

January 1, 1984

An investigation of problems encountered by the Ninth Circuit in its Appeals Without Briefs (AWB) Program, which was designed to expedite the disposition of civil appeals presenting comparatively straightforward issues.

A Reevaluation of the Civil Appeals Management Plan

Anthony Partridge, Allan E. Lind

January 1, 1983

The report of the Center's second evaluation of the Second Circuit court of appeals' Civil Appeals Management Plan (CAMP), which in contrast to the first evaluation (see An Evaluation of the Civil App

The Cases of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

Carroll Seron, Gordon Bermant, Patricia A. Lombard

January 1, 1982

An examination of the relative judicial and administrative burdens produced by various case types in the D.C. Circuit.

The Seventh Circuit Preappeal Program: An Evaluation

Jerry Goldman

January 1, 1982

An evaluation of the effects of certain prehearing practices on reducing workloads of Seventh Circuit judges. The study covers scheduling orders and prehearing conferences conducted by a senior staff attorney working alone or in collaboration with a circuit judge.

Ninth Circuit Innovations Project: Final Report

Michael W. Leavitt

September 18, 1981

Federal Judicial Center

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