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The August 1983 Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Promoting Effective Case Management and Lawyer Responsibility

Arthur R. Miller

January 1, 1984

An informal discussion, adapted from a lecture at a Center workshop, of the amendments to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 7, 11, 16, and 26.

District Court Implementation of Amended Federal Civil Rule 16: A Report on New Local Rules

Nancy A. Weeks

January 1, 1984

An examination of the local rules federal district courts have developed in response to the 1983 amendment to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16, which calls for increased use of scheduling orders in managing caseloads. An appendix contains sample local rules from fifteen districts.

Appeals Without Briefs: Evaluation of an Appeals Expediting Program in the Ninth Circuit

John E. Shapard

January 1, 1984

An investigation of problems encountered by the Ninth Circuit in its Appeals Without Briefs (AWB) Program, which was designed to expedite the disposition of civil appeals presenting comparatively straightforward issues.

Fraud and Civil Liability Under the Federal Securities Laws

Louis Loss

January 1, 1983

An examination of four statutes relating to fraud and civil liability: The Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Investment Company Act of 1940, and the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.

A Reevaluation of the Civil Appeals Management Plan

Anthony Partridge, Allan E. Lind

January 1, 1983

The report of the Center's second evaluation of the Second Circuit court of appeals' Civil Appeals Management Plan (CAMP), which in contrast to the first evaluation (see An Evaluation of the Civil App

Sanctions Imposable for Violations of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

Carol Ann Mooney, Kenneth F. Ripple, Robert E. Rodes

January 1, 1981

A survey of the current state of the law with respect to sanctions for violations of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, as reported in both the case law and the secondary literature.

Protracted Civil Trials: Views from the Bench and the Bar

Alan J. Chaset, Allan E. Lind, Gordon Bermant, Joe S. Cecil, Patricia A. Lombard

January 1, 1981

A report on the nature and management of long, complex civil trials, based on interviews with sixty-eight experienced judges and lawyers. The report highlights facts and opinions about the role of juries in protracted trials.

Small-Group Decision Making and Complex Information Tasks

Michael J. Saks

January 1, 1981

A report on a search of the psychological literature for information about the competence of jurors to find the facts in complex, protracted civil trials.

Discovery Problems in Civil Cases

Barlow Burke, Joseph L. Ebersole

January 1, 1980

A description of responses obtained during interviews with attorneys who had participated in cases believed to have involved discovery problems. The analysis focused on differences between cases involving over-discovery and cases involving resistance to discovery.

Judicial Controls and the Civil Litigative Process: Motions

Paul R. J. Connolly, Patricia A. Lombard

January 1, 1980

An investigation of variations in motion management procedures in civil litigation, based on data from more than 3,000 cases in six district courts.

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Civil Litigation & Procedure

The August 1983 Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Promoting Effective Case Management and Lawyer Responsibility

District Court Implementation of Amended Federal Civil Rule 16: A Report on New Local Rules

Appeals Without Briefs: Evaluation of an Appeals Expediting Program in the Ninth Circuit

Fraud and Civil Liability Under the Federal Securities Laws

A Reevaluation of the Civil Appeals Management Plan

Sanctions Imposable for Violations of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

Protracted Civil Trials: Views from the Bench and the Bar

Small-Group Decision Making and Complex Information Tasks

Discovery Problems in Civil Cases

Judicial Controls and the Civil Litigative Process: Motions

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