This report to the Federal Judicial Center examined the methods and facilities available for legal research in the U.S. courts of appeals and U.S. district courts.

Report submitted to the Judicial Conference of the United States, as directed by statute, describing the work of the Center for the calendar year.

A summary of the first phase of the Center's project to develop a caseload forecasting model. The study concludes that indicator-based forecasts can and should be used to help allocate district court resources.

Volume I: An Executive Summary -- Volume II: Development and Test of a New Methods for Estimating Case Type Burdens -- Volume III: Development and Test of a New Method for simulating Case Type Burdens -- Appendices