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Reports & Studies
Below is a list of a number of past published studies conducted by the Research Division. Some Center reports are not published or made publicly available due to restrictions in place from the source of the research request. Most research reports can be downloaded and in some instances, a hardcopy publication can be requested. See also Manuals, Monographs, & Guides.
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Stalking the Increase in the Rate of Federal Civil Appeals This report concludes that the increase in civil appeals has resulted mainly from the increased volume of litigation in the district courts. The growth in appellate caseloads has been principally attributable to increasing rates of appeal in prisoner actions and, to a lesser extent, civil rights cases. No evidence of an across-the-board increase in the likelihood of appeal was detected. This report is reprinted at 18 Justice System Journal 233. |
January 1, 1995 |
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Studying the Role of Gender in the Federal Courts: A Research Guide A research guide on how to do social science research, how to avoid the common pitfalls of analyzing data in a policy-charged environment, and how to work with social scientists who might provide assistance to courts. Although its emphasis is studying the role of gender, the guide will be helpful to those seeking a general introduction to social science methods used in related inquiries. |
January 1, 1995 |
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Likely Consequences of Amendments to Rule 68, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure A report that uses trial attorneys' responses to a Center survey concerning 800 federal civil cases in assessing proposed amendments to Fed. R. Civ. P. 68 to make it more effective in encouraging settlement and reducing litigation. The results indicate that a more effective Rule 68 would be well received by most attorneys and would likely influence litigation in about 50% of civil cases, resulting in more and earlier settlements at reduced expense and with limited effects for litigants of modest means. |
January 1, 1995 |
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Civil Justice Reform Act Report: Development and Implementation of Plans by the United States District Courts Prepared by the Judicial Conference of the United States. Transmitted to Congress by the director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts (includes Appendix I, III, IV). Appendix II was issued separately as Appendix II to the Civil Justice Reform Act Report of the Judicial Conference of the United States, Report to Congress, December 1, 1994. |
December 1, 1994 |
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Partial Payment of Filing Fees in In Forma Pauperis Cases: Current Practices of Federal District Courts Report to the Judicial Conference Committee on Federal-State Jurisdiction on the extent of partial filing fees being required in federal judicial districts. This report includes a table showing practices in each US District Court regarding imposition of partial filing fees. |
October 17, 1994 |
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Protective Order Activity in Three Federal Judicial Districts: Interim Report to the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules Interim report to the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Civil Rules providing information that was used in evaluating the need for additional provisions in the rules relating to sealed court records and sealed settlement agreements. The 1996 final report is available here: Protective Order Activity in Three Federal Judicial Districts: Report to the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules (1996). |
October 14, 1994 |
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Survey Concerning Voir Dire, Memorandum to the Advisory Committees on Civil and Criminal Rules Results of a survey done at the request of the chairs of the Advisory Committees on Civil and Criminal Rules on judicial practices in conducting voir dire; opinions about counsel participation in voir dire; and impressions on effect on voir dire of the line of cases beginning with Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79. Cite as: Survey Concerning Voir Dire, Memorandum to the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules, and the Advisory Committee on Criminal Rules of the Judicial Conference of the United States, by John Shapard and Molly Treadway Johnson, Federal Judicial Center, 1994. |
October 4, 1994 |
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Implementation of Disclosure in United States District Courts, With Specific Attention to Courts' Responses to Selected Amendments to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26 [Superseded] Report on the federal district courts' responses to the 1993 amendments to FRCP 26. Tables describe courts' local rules, general orders, and CJRA plans by indicating which of five key provisions of Rule 26 are in effect. |
March 1, 1994 |
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Rule 1006: Paying Filing Fee Installments through the Chapter 13 Trustee Survey results regarding suggested changes to Fed. R. Bankr. P. 1006 are presented in this memo. |
February 21, 1994 |
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Voluntary Arbitration in Eight Federal District Courts: An Evaluation A statutorily mandated report on the pilot court-annexed voluntary arbitration programs in eight federal district courts. The study examines program use in the context of the programs' referral systems. It is a companion to the 1990 FJC study of mandatory court-annexed arbitration programs, Court-Annexed Arbitration in Ten District Courts. |
January 1, 1994 |