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Case Law Divergence from the Federal Rules of Evidence

Daniel J. Capra

October 3, 2000

This report is an effort to increase the awareness of counsel practicing in federal courts, as well as judges, about the possibility that case law has diverged from the text of some of the Federal Rules of Evidence.

Special Masters' Incidence and Activity: Report to the Judicial Conference's Advisory Committee on Civil Rules and Its Subcommittee on Special Masters

Thomas E. Willging, Laural L. Hooper, Marie Leary, D. Dean P. Miletich, Robert Timothy Reagan, John E. Shapard

August 9, 2000

The Special Masters' Subcommittee of the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules of the Judicial Conference asked the Center to examine how often judges appointed special masters and what functions they asked masters to perform.

Expert Testimony in Federal Civil Trials: A Preliminary Analysis

Carol L. Krafka, Joe S. Cecil, Molly Johnson

January 1, 2000

In 1998, the Federal Judicial Center surveyed federal judges about their experiences with expert testimony in civil cases.

Case Studies of Mass Tort Limited Fund Class Action Settlements & Bankruptcy Reorganizations

S. Elizabeth Gibson

January 1, 2000

This is an expanded version of a report that was previously published as Appendix E of the Report of the Advisory Group on Civil Rules and the Working Group on Mass Torts (Report on Mass Tort Litigation) February 15, 1999.

Alternative Structures for Bankruptcy Appeals

Elizabeth C. Wiggins, Judith A. McKenna

January 1, 2000

Under the current bankruptcy appellate system, appeals from dispositive orders of bankruptcy judges are taken to the district court or to the bankruptcy appellate panel, if one has been established and the district has chosen to participate, with further appeal as of right to the court of appeals

Digital Audio Recording Technology: A Report on a Pilot Project in Twelve Federal Courts-Prepared for the Court Administration and Case Management Committee of the Judicial Conference

David E. Rauma, Donna J. Stienstra, George W. Cort, Patricia A. Lombard

May 14, 1999

Should digital audio recording technology be an approved method for taking the offical record of federal courts proceedings?

Court-Ordered Mental Examinations of Capital Defendants: Procedures in Ten States

Laural L. Hooper, Jennifer Evans, Robert Nida

March 26, 1999

Report to the Advisory Committee on Criminal Rules regarding the proposal to amend Rule 12.2. Procedures governing court-ordered mental examinations are presented as they have been implemented in a sample of districts with extensive death penalty experience.

Standards Governing Attorney Conduct in the Bankruptcy Courts: Report to the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Bankruptcy Rules

Marie Leary, Robert J. Niemic, Melissa Deckman Fallon

March 1, 1999

Bankruptcy courts are different from the district courts in the attorney conduct area in that attorneys who practice in bankruptcy courts are subject to a complex statutory system, which includes bankruptcy-specific conflict of interest criteria and other standards directly governing attorney con

Mass Torts Problems and Proposals: A Report to the Mass Torts Working Group (Appendix C)

Thomas E. Willging

January 1, 1999

The Mass Torts Working Group, appointed in 1998 by the Chief Justice, asked the Center to conduct a literature review examining problems related to mass torts and to discuss proposals for resolving those problems. This report is the result of that research.

Assessment of Caseload Burden in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit – Report to the Subcommittee on Judicial Statistics of the Committee on Judicial Resources of the Judicial Conference of the United States

Stefanie A. Lindquist, Carol L. Krafka, John E. Shapard

January 1, 1999

The mix of cases in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit differs markedly from the case mix of other U.S. courts of appeals. The implications of this difference for judicial workload and judgeship needs, however, have been unclear.

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Research Reports

Case Law Divergence from the Federal Rules of Evidence

Special Masters' Incidence and Activity: Report to the Judicial Conference's Advisory Committee on Civil Rules and Its Subcommittee on Special Masters

Expert Testimony in Federal Civil Trials: A Preliminary Analysis

Case Studies of Mass Tort Limited Fund Class Action Settlements & Bankruptcy Reorganizations

Alternative Structures for Bankruptcy Appeals

Digital Audio Recording Technology: A Report on a Pilot Project in Twelve Federal Courts-Prepared for the Court Administration and Case Management Committee of the Judicial Conference

Court-Ordered Mental Examinations of Capital Defendants: Procedures in Ten States

Standards Governing Attorney Conduct in the Bankruptcy Courts: Report to the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Bankruptcy Rules

Mass Torts Problems and Proposals: A Report to the Mass Torts Working Group (Appendix C)

Assessment of Caseload Burden in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit – Report to the Subcommittee on Judicial Statistics of the Committee on Judicial Resources of the Judicial Conference of the United States

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