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Unpublished Dispositions: Problems of Access and Use in the Courts of Appeals

Donna J. Stienstra
January 1, 1985

A brief analysis of the issue of equitable access to unpublished appellate decisions, based on an examination of the circuit courts' rules and practices regarding distribution and citation of unpublished dispositions. Data on the number and types of unpublished dispositions in statistical years 1981 to 1984 are presented.