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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... period of time reported and has enacted into law several various bills designed to improve the internal judiciary machinery . The purpose behind such legislation was to furnish the tools to Federal judges to cut down on court congestion ...
... period of time reported and has enacted into law several various bills designed to improve the internal judiciary machinery . The purpose behind such legislation was to furnish the tools to Federal judges to cut down on court congestion ...
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... period . 5365 civil cases per judge were filed in the southern district in the fiscal year 1959 as compared with an average of 238 such cases per judge in the 12 largest Federal districts in the country ( including the southern district ...
... period . 5365 civil cases per judge were filed in the southern district in the fiscal year 1959 as compared with an average of 238 such cases per judge in the 12 largest Federal districts in the country ( including the southern district ...
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... Period July 1. 1959 , through Dec. 30 , 1959 . Bankruptcy cases commenced and terminated during the fiscal years 1940-60 , and pending cases at the close of each such fiscal year Fiscal year Com- Termi- menced nated Pending June 30 ...
... Period July 1. 1959 , through Dec. 30 , 1959 . Bankruptcy cases commenced and terminated during the fiscal years 1940-60 , and pending cases at the close of each such fiscal year Fiscal year Com- Termi- menced nated Pending June 30 ...
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... Period July 1 , 1959 , through Dec. 31 , 1959 . U.S. DISTRICT COURT , DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT CERTAIN PENDING CASES AT ISSUE LIKELY TO RESULT IN LONG TRIALS Civil 3533 - Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corporation v . United Aircraft ...
... Period July 1 , 1959 , through Dec. 31 , 1959 . U.S. DISTRICT COURT , DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT CERTAIN PENDING CASES AT ISSUE LIKELY TO RESULT IN LONG TRIALS Civil 3533 - Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corporation v . United Aircraft ...
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... period has come to an end and actually settlements result in 85 percent of the cases . But if they know that they are not going to come into trial for 18 or 19 months , then they do not get very serious in settlement . They will wait ...
... period has come to an end and actually settlements result in 85 percent of the cases . But if they know that they are not going to come into trial for 18 or 19 months , then they do not get very serious in settlement . They will wait ...
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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.