A news release announcing the Judicial Conference endorsement for the creation of 96 new judgeships. Includes charts comparing the number of Judicial Conference-endorsed new judgeships against the numbers in the current draft of S. 2648.
An article about the D.C. Circuit's 51st annual Judicial Conference in Hershey, Pa. Includes quotes from Administrative Office Director L. Ralph Mecham about the Biden Bill. (Legal Times)
This article is about Judicial Conference adoption, by ballot, of a 14-point program to address the problems of cost and delay in civil litigation through improved case management. (The Third Branch, Vol. 22, No. 5)
News article that summarizes Chief Judge Alfred T. Goodwin's "State of the 9th Circuit" address, in which Goodwin addressed Congressional civil justice reform efforts. (Los Angeles Daily Journal)
Leonidas Ralph Mecham, John Francis Gerry, Henry Gottlieb
March 5, 1990
L. Ralph Mecham transmits Judge John F. Gerry's position on S. 2027 to Chief Justice William Rehnquist, along with a New Jersey Law Journal Article by Henry Gottlieb entitled "U.S. Judges Blast Speed-Up Bill"