Franklin W. Nutter, Julius Chambers, Alexander Trowbridge, Frank H. McFadden, Stephen B. Middlebrook, Patrick J. Head, Marcia Greenberger, Edward R. Muller, Robert E. Vagley, John Pendergrass
October 25, 1989
Interested parties and organizations offer press releases reacting to the Brookings report
Press release from Senator Biden's office praising the Brookings report and naming civil justice reform as a priority of the Senate Judiciary Committee
A handbook dealing with problems and procedures in the areas of conduct, protocol, ethics, and court management; the various functions of related agencies; basic analysis of litigation; and general administrative matters that concern law clerks.
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) allows the defense of "failure [of a complaint] to state a claim upon which relief can be granted." The Center conducted the study at the request of the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules of the Judicial Conference of the United States and its reporter, Pro
A monograph that provides an overview of this specialized area of the law. The author describes the steps followed in a patent application and discusses defenses to and remedies for patent infringement, providing examples from case law.
A comparison of the demographic characteristics and trial experiences of jurors who served in lengthy civil trials with those of jurors who served in similar trials of shorter duration.
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.
Donald Eugene O'Brien, Harold Duane Vietor, David R. Hansen
May 21, 1986
Order establishing a partial payment plan for inmate litigants seeking leave to proceed in forma pauperis in both the Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa