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Bench Comment (1981-1998)

February 1, 1998

A newsletter with brief summaries of trends in federal appellate treatment of practical procedural problems that trial judges may face. Each Bench Comment was reviewed by federal judges with special expertise in the specific area.

1981

Planned Research on Appellate Jurisdiction

Joe S. Cecil

June 1, 1996

Letter to the Chair of the Judicial Conference Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure regarding current research plans in the area of the committee's rulemaking authority under 28 USC § 1292(e).

Guideline Sentencing: An Outline of Appellate Case Law on Selected Issues [Superseded]

Jefri Wood, Diane Sheehey

April 1, 1995

A cumulative outline of issues covered in Guideline Sentencing Update. (April 1995)

Superseded by Guideline Sentencing: An Outline of Appellate Case Law on Selected Issues (September 1995).

Evaluating the Institutional Impact of the Special Oil and Gas Panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

David E. Pierce

June 24, 1992

Beginning on July 1, 1972 the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit designated a panel of judges to be responsible for hearing "oil and gas" cases in the Fifth Circuit. This research reviewed relevant cases decided by the U.S.

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.

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.