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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.

Attorneys' Fees in Class Actions

Arthur R. Miller

January 1, 1980

A circuit-by-circuit review of case law governing award of attorneys' fees in class actions and an examination of abuses in fee requests. The report also includes a discussion of judges' and attorneys' attitudes toward fee computation.

Attorney-Client Fee Arrangements: Regulation and Review

Robert Aronson

January 1, 1980

An analysis of federal and state statutes, decisions, and rules concerning the awarding or setting of attorneys' fees.

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.

Follow-Up Study of Word Processing and Electronic Mail in the Third Circuit Court of Appeals

J. Michael Greenwood

January 1, 1980

A supplementary report to a 1979 report undertaken at the court's request because evidence to support permanent installation of the electronic-mail capability was inconclusive as a result of certain technological and operational problems.

Research Design for a Permanent Event-Based Case Weighting System for the Federal Judiciary

Terence Dungworth

January 1, 1980

COURTRAN Project: A Benefit Analysis

Philip X. Murray

January 1, 1980

The Courtran Project is a research and development project being undertaken by the Federal Judicial Center. The aim of this project is to investigate how technology, especially the introduction of computer systems, can be used to support the federal courts.

Judicial Controls and the Civil Litigative Process: Motions

Paul R. J. Connolly, Patricia A. Lombard

January 1, 1980

An investigation of variations in motion management procedures in civil litigation, based on data from more than 3,000 cases in six district courts.

Compendium of the Law on Prisoners' Rights

Ila Jeanne Sensenich

January 1, 1979

A comprehensive resource on the complex case law of prisoner litigation. All aspects of prisoner litigation─from filing and motion practice through trial and relief stages─are discussed.

Sentencing Options of Federal District Judges [Superseded]

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

January 1, 1979

Reprint of article describing the judge's sentencing options in terms of the relationship between the formal sentence as imposed and the offender's subsequent treatment by the Parole Commission, the Bureau of Prisons, and the probation office.

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Research Reports

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

Attorneys' Fees in Class Actions

Attorney-Client Fee Arrangements: Regulation and Review

Discovery Problems in Civil Cases

Follow-Up Study of Word Processing and Electronic Mail in the Third Circuit Court of Appeals

Research Design for a Permanent Event-Based Case Weighting System for the Federal Judiciary

COURTRAN Project: A Benefit Analysis

Judicial Controls and the Civil Litigative Process: Motions

Compendium of the Law on Prisoners' Rights

Sentencing Options of Federal District Judges [Superseded]

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