NCJ Number
59724
Editor(s)
H M HART,
H WECHSLER
Date Published
1978
Length
740 pages
Annotation
BASIC MATERIALS ON THE OPRATION OF FEDERAL COURTS ARE PROVIDED THAT PERTAIN TO THE JUDICIAL CODE, RULES OF CIVIL AND CRIMINAL AND APPELLATE PROCEDURES, AND GENERAL ASPECTS OF LITIGATION.
Abstract
PRIMARY EMPHASIS IS ON BOTH THE JUDICIAL CODE (TITLE 28 OF THE U.S. CODE) AND PROVISIONS RELEVANT TO THE ORGANIZATON OF COURTS, THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, COURT OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES, JURISDICTION AND VENUE, PROCEDURES, AND PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS, AND THE CRIMINAL CODE (TITLE 18 OF THE U.S. CODE) AND PROVISIONS RELEVANT TO CRIMES (WIRE INTERCEPTION AND THE INTERCEPTION OF ORAL COMMUNICATIONS) AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURES (ARREST AND COMMITMENT, SEARCH AND SEIZURE, RELEASE, SPEEDY TRIAL, EXTRADITION, JURISDICTION AND VENUE, GRAND JURY, INDICTMENT AND INFORMATION, TRIAL BY U.S. MAGISTRATES, ARRAIGNMENT, PLEAS AND TRIAL, WITNESSES AND EVIDENCE, VERDICT, SENTENCING, PROBATION, CONTEMPT, APPEAL, AND RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE). CONSIDERATION IS GIVEN TO FEDERAL RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, SUPPLEMENTAL RULES FOR CERTAIN ADMIRALTY AND MARITIME CLAIMS, RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE JUDICIAL PANEL ON MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION, FEDERAL RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, RULES AND FORMS GOVERNING PROCEEDINGS IN U.S. DISTRICT COURTS, RULES OF PROCEDURE FOR THE TRIAL OF MINOR OFFENSES BEFORE U.S. MAGISTRATES, LOCAL RULES OF THE U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN MASSACHSETTS, FEDERAL RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE, RULES OF THE U.S. SUPREME COURT, THE FEDERAL COURT JURISDICTION ACT OF 1973, AND A PROPOSED ACT TO ABOLISH GENERAL DIVERSITY OF CITIZENSHIP JURISDICTION. (DEP)