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Judiciary Committee Questions for Judges Robinson and Enslen

Richard Alan Enslen, Aubrey Eugene Robinson Jr., Strom Thurmond, Orrin G. Hatch

March 6, 1990

The transcript of the Senate Judiciary Committee testimony of Judges Aubrey E. Robinson and Richard A. Enslen

Prepared Statement of Honorable Aubrey E. Robinson, Jr. Chief Judge, United States District Court for the District of Columbia on Behalf of the Judicial Conference of the United States Before the Committee on the Judiciary United States Senate on S. 2027,

Aubrey Eugene Robinson Jr.

March 6, 1990

Chief Judge Aubrey E. Robinson's Prepared Statement before the Senate Judiciary Committee on S. 2027

Letter: Observations on the Present Senate Bill Entitled "Civil Justice Reform Act of 1990"

John Winslow Bissell

February 28, 1990

Judge John W. Bissell of the District of New Jersey writes to Jeffrey J. Peck in order to share his opinions about the Civil Justice Reform Act. Attached is a New Jersey Law Journal article by Henry Gottlieb entitled "U.S. Judges Blast Speed-Up Bill"

Memo: The Brookings Taskforce for Civil Reform Report "Justice for All"

Paul Summitt, James E. Macklin Jr., Brookings Task Force on Civil Justice Reform

October 27, 1989

Paul Summitt and James E. Macklin, Jr. transmit the Brookings Taskforce for Civil Reform report entitled "Justice for All"

Form 4: Guidelines for Discovery, Motion Practice and Trial

January 1, 1988

Attorneys' Views of Local Rules Limiting Interrogatories

Carroll Seron, John E. Shapard

January 1, 1986

The results of a survey of practicing attorneys in twelve districts concerning their experience with district court rules that limit the number of interrogatories one party may serve on another without leave of court to serve more.

Due Process at Sentencing: An Empirical and Legal Analysis of the Disclosure of Presentence Reports in Federal Courts

Stephen A. Fennell, William N. Hall

June 1, 1980

A factual and legal review of practices in courts and probation offices concerning the preparation and disclosure of presentence reports.

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.

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