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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... jurisdiction . " The average caseload pending before each judge in these 12 districts was 321 cases as of June 30 , 1959. In other words , each of the judges in the southern dis- trict of New York has on the average almost twice the ...
... jurisdiction . " The average caseload pending before each judge in these 12 districts was 321 cases as of June 30 , 1959. In other words , each of the judges in the southern dis- trict of New York has on the average almost twice the ...
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... Jurisdictional Act of July 25 , 1958 , which raised the minimum jurisdictional amount from $ 3,000 to $ 10,000 in ... jurisdiction . And the time between the filing of a com- plaint and trial was 26.7 months in the southern district ...
... Jurisdictional Act of July 25 , 1958 , which raised the minimum jurisdictional amount from $ 3,000 to $ 10,000 in ... jurisdiction . And the time between the filing of a com- plaint and trial was 26.7 months in the southern district ...
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... jurisdiction . How has that worked out ? The CHAIRMAN . It is too soon to know the real factors in that situation . Mr. LINDSAY . I think that the chairman is right , Mr. Toll . The Congress just got through enacting that bill which ...
... jurisdiction . How has that worked out ? The CHAIRMAN . It is too soon to know the real factors in that situation . Mr. LINDSAY . I think that the chairman is right , Mr. Toll . The Congress just got through enacting that bill which ...
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... jurisdiction in the various States ? Mr. WALSH . We cannot get that , I do not think , for all States . We can get it for several . Mr. McCULLOCH . Will you get the information on several key States ? Mr. WALSH . Yes , sir . The ...
... jurisdiction in the various States ? Mr. WALSH . We cannot get that , I do not think , for all States . We can get it for several . Mr. McCULLOCH . Will you get the information on several key States ? Mr. WALSH . Yes , sir . The ...
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... jurisdiction it is something to be considered on the merits and not as an aspect of congestion , because if you simply shift a case from a Federal court to State court , you don't have a solution to the problem of congestion . You may ...
... jurisdiction it is something to be considered on the merits and not as an aspect of congestion , because if you simply shift a case from a Federal court to State court , you don't have a solution to the problem of congestion . You may ...
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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.
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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.