Federal Courts and Judges: Hearings Before Subcommittee No. 5 on H.R. 6159 [and Other] Bills to Provide for the Appointment of Additional Circuit and District Judges, and for Other PurposesU.S. Government Printing Office, 1960 - 760 pages Committee Serial No. 19. Considers H.R. 6159, 32 related bills, and related H.J. Res. 160 and H.J. Res. 165, to appoint additional judges throughout the nation. |
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... districts are located in metropolitan areas and handle approximately 45 percent of all new civil cases filed in the 86 districts having purely Federal jurisdiction . " The average caseload pending before each judge in these 12 districts ...
... districts are located in metropolitan areas and handle approximately 45 percent of all new civil cases filed in the 86 districts having purely Federal jurisdiction . " The average caseload pending before each judge in these 12 districts ...
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... districts other than the southern district of New York . In this district ... 86-257 ) , which establishes new controls affecting labor unions and their ... 86 districts having exclusive Federal jurisdiction . And the time between the ...
... districts other than the southern district of New York . In this district ... 86-257 ) , which establishes new controls affecting labor unions and their ... 86 districts having exclusive Federal jurisdiction . And the time between the ...
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... district have not kept pace with the increased filings and the result is a backlog more than 50 percent above the average per judgeship for the 86 districts . At the conclusion of my remarks I will submit a table showing the number of ...
... district have not kept pace with the increased filings and the result is a backlog more than 50 percent above the average per judgeship for the 86 districts . At the conclusion of my remarks I will submit a table showing the number of ...
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... 86 districts 315 225 97 90 218 135 U.S. CASES Texas , Western 86 dis- tricts Texas , Western 86 dis- tricts 64 73 U.S. plaintiff - Continued Other contracts . 18 21 12 4 Other U.S. plaintiff . 4 8 5 13 3 10 14 2242 42 04 U.S. defendant ...
... 86 districts 315 225 97 90 218 135 U.S. CASES Texas , Western 86 dis- tricts Texas , Western 86 dis- tricts 64 73 U.S. plaintiff - Continued Other contracts . 18 21 12 4 Other U.S. plaintiff . 4 8 5 13 3 10 14 2242 42 04 U.S. defendant ...
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... 86 districts 208 102 TABLE 6. - Civil and criminal trials commenced BY FISCAL YEAR Total Civil trials Fiscal year com- menced Total Nonjury Jury Criminal Total Nonjury Jury 1951 132 72 1952 133 64 1953 158 1954 145 1955 125 1956 132 ...
... 86 districts 208 102 TABLE 6. - Civil and criminal trials commenced BY FISCAL YEAR Total Civil trials Fiscal year com- menced Total Nonjury Jury Criminal Total Nonjury Jury 1951 132 72 1952 133 64 1953 158 1954 145 1955 125 1956 132 ...
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additional district judge additional judge additional judgeship Administrative Office Alameda County antitrust attorneys backlog BEGINNING WITH 1941 bill calendar Calhoun County Chairman Chief Judge circuit civil caseload civil cases commenced civil cases filed civil cases pending Civil Criminal COMMENCED AND TERMINATED COMMENCED PER JUDGESHIP Commenced Terminated June Congress Court of Appeals D.C. DEAR district of Florida district of Michigan district of Tennessee diversity of citizenship docket February February 15 Federal court Federal question filing to disposition fiscal year 1959 Grand Rapids Habeas Corpus holding court includes 86 districts increase interval in months Jones Act Judicial Conference June 30 land condemnation litigation Median Interval menced Termi middle district national average northern percent personal injury population pretrial private civil recommended San Diego Senate SHAFROTH southern district TABLE terminated after trial Terminated June 30 Total Civil U.S. Courts U.S. defendant U.S. District Court United United States Code visiting judges western district York
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Page 210 - Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of the committee, I want to thank you for giving me this opportunity to appear before you and...
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Page 674 - Puerto Rico, the President of the United States is authorized to designate one of the judges of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico to discharge the duties of judge of said court until such absence or disability shall be removed, and thereupon such judge so designated for said service shall be fully authorized and empowered to perform the duties of said office during such absence or disability of such regular judge, and to sign all necessary papers...
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Page 153 - ... authorization, which includes the Obion River and its tributaries and cleaning-out work and improvements of that type, as I recall, was $7,700,000, which makes a total there of authorized construction under those two acts of possibly $13.700,000.