NCJ Number
81478
Journal
Justice System Journal Volume: 6 Issue: 3 Dated: (Fall 1981) Pages: 325-345
Date Published
1981
Length
21 pages
Annotation
Because adding judges has been questioned as a viable solution to problems of backlog and delay in appellate courts, it is important to examine a range of possible remedies.
Abstract
Those to be discussed here can be divided into three categories-adding resources, restructuring jurisdiction, and making more efficient use of existing resources. The first, in addition to adding judges, includes adding law clerks and staff attorneys and developing intermediate appellate courts; the second contains discretionary jurisdiction and unitary criminal review; and the last, caseflow management, use of prehearing settlement conferences, mechanisms for dealing with transcripts and briefs, case screening, modification of oral argument, use of unpublished opinions, and administrative adjustments. (Author abstract)