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Planned Research on Appellate Jurisdiction

Joe S. Cecil

June 1, 1996

Letter to the Chair of the Judicial Conference Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure regarding current research plans in the area of the committee's rulemaking authority under 28 USC § 1292(e).

Guideline Sentencing: An Outline of Appellate Case Law on Selected Issues [Superseded]

Jefri Wood, Diane Sheehey

April 1, 1995

A cumulative outline of issues covered in Guideline Sentencing Update. (April 1995)

Superseded by Guideline Sentencing: An Outline of Appellate Case Law on Selected Issues (September 1995).

Stalking the Increase in the Rate of Federal Civil Appeals

Carol L. Krafka, Joe S. Cecil, Patricia A. Lombard

January 1, 1995

This report concludes that the increase in civil appeals has resulted mainly from the increased volume of litigation in the district courts.

Evaluating the Institutional Impact of the Special Oil and Gas Panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

David E. Pierce

June 24, 1992

Beginning on July 1, 1972 the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit designated a panel of judges to be responsible for hearing "oil and gas" cases in the Fifth Circuit. This research reviewed relevant cases decided by the U.S.

The Pre-Argument Conference Program in the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals

James B. Eaglin

January 1, 1990

A study conducted at the court's request to determine if its program met its goals of saving judges' time, lessening case-management burdens, and simplifying issues on appeal.

Bankruptcy Appellate Panels: The Ninth Circuit's Experience

Gordon Bermant, Judy B. Sloan

January 1, 1989

A description of the Ninth Circuit's early use of panels composed of three bankruptcy judges to hear and decide initial appeals from decisions of the bankruptcy courts. Reprinted from 21 Arizona State University Law Journal 181 (1989).

Managing Appeals in Federal Courts

Robert A. Katzmann, Michael Tonry, Jerry Goldman, Anthony Partridge, Allan E. Lind, Joe S. Cecil, Gordon Bermant, Patricia A. Lombard, Carroll Seron, Donna J. Stienstra, John E. Shapard, William L. Reynolds, John E. McDermott, Steven Flanders, John W. Macy Jr., Russell R. Wheeler, Charles W. Nihan, Larry C. Farmer, J. Michael Greenwood

January 1, 1988

An anthology of Center reports on handling appeals. The editors selected writings from the twenty-five published and unpublished reports on the topic the Center has supported in the last fifteen years. Eighteen of these reports are reprinted in whole or in part.

Achieving Balance in the Developing Law of Sanctions

A. Leo Levin, Syl Sobel

January 1, 1987

A paper that examines the application of the sanctions provisions of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11 during the first few years after the 1983 amendments to the rule, with emphasis on appellate cases.

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.

Disability Appeals in Social Security Programs

Lance M. Liebman