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Geographical Boundaries of U.S. Courts of Appeals and U.S. District Courts

January 1, 1999

A 4 color map of the United States which shows the geographical boundaries of the ninety-four districts and the twelve regional circuits (eleven numbered circuits and the District of Columbia Circuit).

Mediation & Conference Programs in the Federal Courts of Appeals: A Sourcebook for Judges and Lawyers [Superseded]

Robert J. Niemic

January 1, 1997

This sourcebook is a reference guide on mediation and conference programs in the federal courts of appeals, programs that may offer a way for courts to deal with increasing filings.

Planning for the Future: Results of a 1992 Federal Judicial Center Survey of United States Judges

January 1, 1994

Results from the Center's 1992 survey of nearly all federal judges on a wide range of issues of concern to the federal courts.

Structural and Other Alternatives for the Federal Courts of Appeals: Report to the United States Congress and the Judicial Conference of the United States

Judith A. McKenna

January 1, 1993

A study requested by the Federal Courts Study Committee Implementation Act of 1990 of the problems facing the federal courts of appeals and the numerous changes, structural and otherwise, that have been suggested as solutions.

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.

Unresolved Intercircuit Conflicts: The Nature and Scope of the Problem, Final Report: Phase I

Arthur D. Hellman

December 1, 1991

In section 302 of the Judicial Improvements Act of 1990, Congress took steps to address long-felt concerns about the capacity of the federal judicial system to provide, within a reasonable time, a uniform construction of federal law where uniformity is needed.

The Federal Appellate Judiciary in the Twenty-first Century

Cynthia E. Harrison, Russell R. Wheeler, John Cooper Godbold, William Hubbs Rehnquist, Griffin B. Bell, John J. Gibbons, William J. Bauer, Martin H. Redish, Levin Hicks Campbell, Aloyisus Leon Higginbotham Jr., Jon O. Newman, Paul D. Carrington, William Judson Holloway Jr., Joseph Francis Weis Jr., William W Schwarzer, Laurence H. Tribe, Alvin B. Rubin, Robert C. Murphy, A. Leo Levin, Byron R. White, Donald Pomery Lay, Pierce Lively, Mary M. Schroeder, Charles Clark, Harrison L. Winter, Patricia McGowan Wald, Wilfred Feinberg, Howard T. Markey, Frank Morey Coffin, William J. Brennan Jr.

January 1, 1989

The October 1988 conference for all federal appellate judges recognized the 200th anniversary of the federal judicial system. It provided an opportunity for collective analysis on the future of the appellate courts.

A Primer on the Jurisdiction of the U.S. Courts of Appeals [Superseded]

Thomas E. Baker

January 1, 1989

A brief introduction to the statutory law, case law, and rules of court governing the U.S. courts of appeals. The author traces the appeals process and analyzes jurisdictional requirements for final and interlocutory appeals, criminal appeals, review by writ, and agency appeals.

Deciding Cases Without Argument: An Examination of Four Courts of Appeals

Donna J. Stienstra, Joe S. Cecil

January 1, 1987

A report on the role of staff attorneys and special judicial panels in the selection of cases for nonargument disposition in the federal appellate courts. The report was based on an examination of administrative records and on interviews with clerks, senior staff attorneys, and judges.

Deciding Cases Without Argument: A Description of Procedures in the Courts of Appeals