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Assessing the Judicial Work Load Associated with Mega Chapter 11 Cases

Elizabeth C. Wiggins, Patricia A. Lombard

June 10, 1996

This report revises and expands on the January 1996 report to the Bankruptcy Committee evaluating two approaches that refine assessing judicial workload for Mega Chapter 11 cases and recommendations to the committee for facilitating mega cases in the future.

FJC Directions, No. 9: Special Issue on Pro Se Litigation

Rya W. Zobel, David E. Rauma, William W Schwarzer, Marie Leary, Genevra Kay Loveland, Charles P. Sutelan

June 1, 1996

Articles in this issue of FJC Directions describe federal courts' experiences with pro se actions.

Survey on the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure

Elizabeth C. Wiggins, Molly Johnson, Gregory A. Mahin, Robert J. Niemic

March 13, 1996

A report of the results of a Center survey of participants in the bankruptcy system concerning their views of the Bankruptcy Rules and related forms.

Rule 1006: Paying Filing Fee Installments through the Chapter 13 Trustee

Elizabeth C. Wiggins

February 21, 1994

Survey results regarding suggested changes to Fed. R. Bankr. P. 1006 are presented in this memo.

Correcting the Record on the Bankruptcy Court Time Study

Gordon Bermant, Patricia A. Lombard, Elizabeth C. Wiggins

January 1, 1993

Reprint of 67 American Bankruptcy Law Journal 195 (Spring 1993).

Business Bankruptcy

Elizabeth Warren

January 1, 1993

A general overview of the policies and practices of the business bankruptcy system. It covers both Chapter 7 liquidation and Chapter 11 reorganization.

A Guide to the Judicial Management of Bankruptcy Mega-Cases [Superseded]

S. Elizabeth Gibson

January 1, 1992

A guide for a judge who must handle the multiple issues involved in a bankruptcy mega-case.

A Day in the Life: The Federal Judicial Center's 1988-1989 Bankruptcy Court Time Study

Elizabeth C. Wiggins, Gordon Bermant, Patricia A. Lombard

January 1, 1991

At the request of the Judicial Conference Committee on the Administration of the Bankruptcy System, during fiscal year 1989, the Center surveyed the caseloads of 272 bankruptcy judges (97% of those sitting at the time).

The Court Historian, No. 3 (October 1990) Vol. 1, No. 3

October 1, 1990

In this issue:

Bankruptcy Appellate Panels: The Ninth Circuit's Experience

Gordon Bermant, Judy B. Sloan

January 1, 1989

A description of the Ninth Circuit's early use of panels composed of three bankruptcy judges to hear and decide initial appeals from decisions of the bankruptcy courts. Reprinted from 21 Arizona State University Law Journal 181 (1989).

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