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Survey on the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure

Elizabeth C. Wiggins, Molly Johnson, Gregory A. Mahin, Robert J. Niemic

March 13, 1996

A report of the results of a Center survey of participants in the bankruptcy system concerning their views of the Bankruptcy Rules and related forms.

Rule 1006: Paying Filing Fee Installments through the Chapter 13 Trustee

Elizabeth C. Wiggins

February 21, 1994

Survey results regarding suggested changes to Fed. R. Bankr. P. 1006 are presented in this memo.

Correcting the Record on the Bankruptcy Court Time Study

Gordon Bermant, Patricia A. Lombard, Elizabeth C. Wiggins

January 1, 1993

Reprint of 67 American Bankruptcy Law Journal 195 (Spring 1993).

Business Bankruptcy

Elizabeth Warren

January 1, 1993

A general overview of the policies and practices of the business bankruptcy system. It covers both Chapter 7 liquidation and Chapter 11 reorganization.

A Guide to the Judicial Management of Bankruptcy Mega-Cases [Superseded]

S. Elizabeth Gibson

January 1, 1992

A guide for a judge who must handle the multiple issues involved in a bankruptcy mega-case.

A Day in the Life: The Federal Judicial Center's 1988-1989 Bankruptcy Court Time Study

Elizabeth C. Wiggins, Gordon Bermant, Patricia A. Lombard

January 1, 1991

At the request of the Judicial Conference Committee on the Administration of the Bankruptcy System, during fiscal year 1989, the Center surveyed the caseloads of 272 bankruptcy judges (97% of those sitting at the time).

The Court Historian, No. 3 (October 1990) Vol. 1, No. 3

October 1, 1990

In this issue:

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).

Alternative Dispute Resolution in a Bankruptcy Court: The Mediation Program in the Southern District of California

Gordon Bermant, Steven Hartwell

January 1, 1988

A study of the Southern District of California's bankruptcy mediation program. The authors summarize interviews with twenty-six program participants and analyze the first eighty adversary proceedings to come to mediation.

Assessment of Videotaped Bankruptcy Discharge Hearings in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

John E. Shapard

January 1, 1985

A brief description of a test of the use of videotape for part of the bankruptcy discharge hearing for debtors required by 11 U.S.C. Section 524(d). The test demonstrated that use of the videotape conserves judge time and can enhance the value of the hearing to the debtor.

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