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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... compared with 573 , 10 years ago . In 1956 the median time interval from the date of filing to the disposition of civil cases was approximately 14 months . It is more now - I think about 20 months . We are having difficulty in getting ...
... compared with 573 , 10 years ago . In 1956 the median time interval from the date of filing to the disposition of civil cases was approximately 14 months . It is more now - I think about 20 months . We are having difficulty in getting ...
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... compared to Nevada . For instance , as I say later on in my statement , as compared to the States of New York , California , Pennsylvania , or Illinois , it is not large . But one of the really important reasons , as I see it , as a ...
... compared to Nevada . For instance , as I say later on in my statement , as compared to the States of New York , California , Pennsylvania , or Illinois , it is not large . But one of the really important reasons , as I see it , as a ...
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... compared to others our caseload is really low . The CHAIRMAN . Of course , we all know that the caseload does not always tell the entire story . Senator BIBLE . I am sure this is true and if I could speak off the record- The CHAIRMAN ...
... compared to others our caseload is really low . The CHAIRMAN . Of course , we all know that the caseload does not always tell the entire story . Senator BIBLE . I am sure this is true and if I could speak off the record- The CHAIRMAN ...
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... compared to an average of 253 cases per judge in the 12 metropolitan districts described above . A comparison for the fiscal year ending June 30 , 1958 likewise reveals that the southern district disposed of a substan- tially greater ...
... compared to an average of 253 cases per judge in the 12 metropolitan districts described above . A comparison for the fiscal year ending June 30 , 1958 likewise reveals that the southern district disposed of a substan- tially greater ...
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... compared with 6,727.5 Furthermore , an examination of the docket in the southern district for the first 4 months of ... compared with 15.3 months in these same 86 districts during that same period . 5365 civil cases per judge were filed ...
... compared with 6,727.5 Furthermore , an examination of the docket in the southern district for the first 4 months of ... compared with 15.3 months in these same 86 districts during that same period . 5365 civil cases per judge were filed ...
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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...
Page 10 - Northern District (a) The Northern District comprises two divisions. (1) The Northern Division comprises the counties of Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, Del Norte, El Dorado, Glenn, Humboldt, Lake, Lassen, Mendocino, Modoc, Mono, Napa, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Solano, Sonoma, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Tuolumne, and all of Yosemite National Park, Yolo, and Yuba.
Page 6 - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the united States...
Page 111 - States exclusively the power to tax such sales in the future; and be it further Resolved, That a certified copy of this resolution be transmitted...
Page 196 - Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the House of Delegates of the American Bar Association...
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...
Page 7 - An Act to provide for the appointment of an additional district judge for the middle district of Georgia...
Page 76 - BILL To provide for the appointment of an additional district judge for the Southern District of...
Page 13 - Cong., 1st sess.] A BILL To amend title 28 of the United States Code, so as to provide for the appointment of an additional district judge for the northern...
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.