Field Study of the Operations of United States Courts: Report to Senate Approriations Committee |
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Page 40 - Examine the state of the dockets of the courts; secure information as to the courts' need of assistance; prepare and transmit quarterly to the chief judges of the circuits statistical data and reports as to the business of the courts...
Page 34 - Each judicial council shall make all necessary orders for the effective and expeditious administration of the business of the courts within its circuit...
Page 92 - President be, and he is hereby, authorized, as soon as may be after the passage of this Act, and...
Page 19 - In any action the court may in its discretion direct the attorneys for the parties to appear before it for a conference to consider...
Page 20 - ... to those not disposed of by admissions or agreements of counsel; and such order when entered controls the subsequent course of the...
Page 5 - The judicial power is vested in one Supreme Court and in such inferior courts as Congress may from time to time establish.
Page 103 - ... for the purpose of considering the business of the courts and advising means of improving the administration of justice within such circuit.
Page 99 - Conference shall also carry on a continuous study of the operation and effect of the general rules of practice and procedure...
Page 29 - Each district court by action of a majority of the judges thereof may from time to time make and amend rules governing its practice not inconsistent with these rules.
Page 104 - Office, while absent from their official stations on official business. (8) Disburse, directly or through the several United States marshals, moneys appropriated for the maintenance and operation of the courts; (9) Purchase, exchange, transfer, distribute, and assign the custody...