PROPOSED STANDARDS FOR APPELLATE COURT STATISTICS REPORT OF THE APPELATE STATISTICS COMMITTEE, ABA (AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION) APPELLATE JUDGES' CONFERENCE

• NCJ Number: 12083
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 61 pages
• Corporate Author: National Ctr for State Courts
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Statistics

Annotation

COMMITTEE URGES EACH STATE TO ADOPT ACCURATE AND COMPLETE STATISTICAL SYSTEMS TO FACILITATE MANAGEMENT OF ITS APPELLATE COURTS AND THEIR WORK LOADS.

Abstract

SINCE A STATISTICAL SYSTEM CAN AND SHOULD BE DESIGNED TO SERVE A VARIETY OF PURPOSES, IT IS NECESSARY TO COLLECT AND ANALYZE A VARIETY OF DATA. THE COMMITTEE CONSIDERS IT NECESSARY THAT EVERY APPELLATE COURT COLLECT THE FOLLOWING DATA - TIME FOR COMPLETION OF CASES, COMPOSITION AND DISPOSITION OF CASELOAD, AND INVENTORY OF PENDING CASES.