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Business by Phone in the Federal Courts

Barbara Meierhoefer

January 1, 1983

A discussion of the use of teleconferences to conduct certain proceedings in federal courts. The author presents reports of judges experienced with the procedure.

Evaluation of Court-Annexed Arbitration in Three Federal District Courts (Revised Edition)

Allan E. Lind, John E. Shapard

January 1, 1983

An early evaluation of the effectiveness of local rules that provided for mandatory, nonbinding arbitration in three federal district courts.

Administering the Federal Judicial Circuits: A Survey of Chief Judges' Approaches and Procedures

Charles W. Nihan, Russell R. Wheeler

January 1, 1982

A description of how chief judges of the federal appellate courts discharged their administrative responsibilities in the early 1980s, based on interviews with chief judges, circuit executives, and other court personnel.

Summary Jury Trials in the Northern District of Ohio

Carl M. Moore, M. Daniel Jacoubovitch

January 1, 1982

An early analysis of the summary jury trial (SJT) procedure and a documentation of the views and concerns of participants in summary jury trials.

Pattern Criminal Jury Instructions [Superseded]

Judicial Conference of the United States, Committee on the Operation of the Jury System

January 1, 1982

These instructions were prepared initially by a Federal Judicial Center committee in 1982 and revised in 1987 by the former Subcommittee on Pattern Jury Instructions of the former Judicial Conference Committee on the Operation of the Jury System.

A Validation and Comparative Evaluation of Four Predictive Devices for Classifying Federal Probation Caseloads — A Report to the Committee of the Judicial Conference of the United States on the Administration of the Probation System

James B. Eaglin, Patricia A. Lombard

January 1, 1982

An evaluation of the comparative validity of four risk prediction scales used for classifying federal probation caseloads. The authors found the U.S.D.C. 75 Scale to have the best balance of validity and predictive power, and they recommend that it be used by all U.S. probation officers.

Ninth Circuit Innovations Project: Final Report

Michael W. Leavitt

September 18, 1981

Sentencing Options of Federal District Judges [Superseded]

Anthony Partridge, Alan J. Chaset, William B. Eldridge

January 1, 1981

A description of the statutory sentencing alternatives in the federal courts.

An Evaluation of Limited Publication in the United States Courts of Appeals: The Price of Reform

William L. Reynolds, William M. Richman

January 1, 1981

A 1981 examination of plans for limited publication of opinions in the federal courts of appeals.

Eighth Circuit Expediting Project: Final Report

W. Wayne Buckner, Larry C. Farmer

January 1, 1981

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Research Reports

Business by Phone in the Federal Courts

Evaluation of Court-Annexed Arbitration in Three Federal District Courts (Revised Edition)

Administering the Federal Judicial Circuits: A Survey of Chief Judges' Approaches and Procedures

Summary Jury Trials in the Northern District of Ohio

Pattern Criminal Jury Instructions [Superseded]

A Validation and Comparative Evaluation of Four Predictive Devices for Classifying Federal Probation Caseloads — A Report to the Committee of the Judicial Conference of the United States on the Administration of the Probation System

Ninth Circuit Innovations Project: Final Report

Sentencing Options of Federal District Judges [Superseded]

An Evaluation of Limited Publication in the United States Courts of Appeals: The Price of Reform

Eighth Circuit Expediting Project: Final Report

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