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The Impact of Word Processing and Electronic Mail on United States Courts of Appeals

Larry C. Farmer, J. Michael Greenwood
January 1, 1979

A description of the implementation in the Third Circuit Court of Appeals of word processing and an electronic-mail network using Courtran computer resources. The report concludes that these technologies substantially reduce appellate processing time, improve secretarial and judicial productivity, and expedite delivery of correspondence to chambers and offices.

See also Follow-Up Study of Word Processing and Electronic Mail in the Third Circuit Court of Appeals (1980).