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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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The Second Circuit Sentencing Study: A Report to the Judges of the Second Circuit The report on a sentencing experiment that revealed substantial disparity in determining both the need for incarceration and the lengths of prison terms to be imposed. Matters of disparity and the effects of particular case characteristics are discussed. |
January 1, 1974 |
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Attorney Attitudes Toward Limitation of Oral Argument and Written Opinion in Three U.S. Courts of Appeals A report prepared for the Commission on Revision of the Federal Court Appellate System |
January 1, 1974 |
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Pilot Project on Communicating Automatic Typewriters: Evaluation Report In response to concerns expressed about delay in transmission of proposed opinions and emergency motion papers among the widely-scattered judges of the Temporary Court of Emergency Appeals (TECA), the Federal Judicial Center conducted a pilot project experimenting with the use of IBM Magnetic Card Selectric Typewriters and Western Electric 103A Data-Set equipment with communication capabilities over telephone lines. |
June 23, 1973 |
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Expediting Review of Felony Convictions After Trial: Report of the Committee on Criminal Appeals of the Advisory Council on Appellate Justice General propositions and recommended procedures to expedite the processing of criminal appeals. The suggestions for handling these cases are designed to achieve a fair and complete review within ninety days from imposition of sentence. |
January 1, 1973 |
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Comparative Report on Internal Operating Procedures of United States Courts of Appeals A description of procedures in six stages of the appellate process: notification, documentation, argumentation, decision, publication, and mandate. The report also describes procedures related to judicial conferences, councils, committees, and circuit executives; bar admission and regulation; court support personnel, staff attorneys, and libraries. Procedures in each of the federal courts of appeals are identified and compared. |
January 1, 1973 |
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Annotated Bibliography for Use of Commission on Revision of the Federal Court Appellate System A detailed listing of books, articles, and other research dealing with the operation of the appellate courts in general and reform of practices and procedures in particular. The Center was designated the depository for the Commission's publications and has archival copies of the Commission's two reports, The Geographical Boundaries of the Several Judicial Circuits: Recommendations for Change (1973), and Structure and Internal Procedures: Recommendations for Change (1975), as well as transcripts of the hearings before the Commission in its first phase (one volume) and second phase (two volumes). |
January 1, 1973 |
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Decision-Making Procedures in U.S. Courts of Appeals for the 2nd and 5th Circuits Summarizes how the judges of two circuits assess certain significant characteristics of their courts: (1) the memorandum system of deliberation in the Second Circuit; and (2) the 15-judge size of the Fifth Circuit. Data were developed from interviews conducted during 1969-70. |
January 1, 1973 |
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Barriers and Incentives to Technology Transfer Into the United States Courts - |
January 1, 1973 |
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Standards for Publication of Judicial Opinions: A Report of the Committee on Use of Appellate Court Energies of the Advisory Council on Appellate Justice A report on procedures for determining whether an opinion should be published and whether an unpublished opinion may be cited to or by a court. The report recommends that opinions be published only if certain defined standards are satisfied. A proposed model court rule is included. |
January 1, 1973 |
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Study Group on the Caseload of the Supreme Court ― Press Conference Transcript The conclusions of a panel of scholars and practitioners, commonly known as the Freund Commission Report, who were assembled to study the caseload of the Supreme Court, identify problems, and recommend jurisdictional and procedural changes to assist in remedying those problems. This is a transcript of the study group's December 19, 1972 press conference. See also Report of the Study Group on the Caseload of the Supreme Court (1972). |
December 19, 1972 |