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Discovery & Disclosure

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Discovery Problems in Civil Cases

Barlow Burke, Joseph L. Ebersole

January 1, 1980

A description of responses obtained during interviews with attorneys who had participated in cases believed to have involved discovery problems. The analysis focused on differences between cases involving over-discovery and cases involving resistance to discovery.

Federal Discovery: A Survey of Local Rules and Practices in View of Proposed Changes to the Federal Rules

Sherman L. Cohn

January 1, 1979

An examination of attempts by courts and individual judges to limit the consumption of judicial resources, expedite the discovery process, curb abuses in the use of discovery methods, and provide for more effective sanctions. Reprint of 63 Minnesota Law Review 253 (1979).

Judicial Controls and the Civil Litigative Process: Discovery

Paul R. J. Connolly, Edith A. Holleman, Michael J. Kuhlman

January 1, 1978

A description of the use of the discovery rules then in effect in a sample of more than 3,000 cases from six district courts. The report provides quantitative information on each discovery device and on discovery motions.

Survey of Literature on Discovery from 1970 to the Present: Expressed Dissatisfactions and Proposed Reforms

Daniel Segal

January 1, 1978

An analysis of a broad range of literature dealing with the discovery provisions of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The author examines how well the rules are functioning and makes suggestions for change and reform.

Form 2: Order for Rule 26(f) Planning Meeting and Rule 16(b) Scheduling Conference

Form 15: Report of Parties' Rule 26(f) Planning Conference

Report of the Advisory Group to the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia Pursuant to the Civil Justice Reform Act of 1990

Civil Justice Advisory Group for the Middle District of Georgia

The Civil Justice Advisory Group for the Middle District of Georgia's report on civil justice reform efforts.

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Discovery & Disclosure

Discovery Problems in Civil Cases

Federal Discovery: A Survey of Local Rules and Practices in View of Proposed Changes to the Federal Rules

Judicial Controls and the Civil Litigative Process: Discovery

Survey of Literature on Discovery from 1970 to the Present: Expressed Dissatisfactions and Proposed Reforms

Form 2: Order for Rule 26(f) Planning Meeting and Rule 16(b) Scheduling Conference

Form 15: Report of Parties' Rule 26(f) Planning Conference

Report of the Advisory Group to the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia Pursuant to the Civil Justice Reform Act of 1990

Middle District of Alabama Report of the Advisory Group Expense and Delay Reduction Plan Summary

Northern District of Florida Report of Advisory Group Cost and Delay Reduction Plan Summary

Southern District of Florida Report of Advisory Group Expense and Delay Reduction Plan Summary

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