NCJ Number
79035
Date Published
1980
Length
741 pages
Annotation
This document contains reports on the proceedings of a judicial conference held in 1980 which addressed the judicial business of the U.S. Courts, the 1980 annual report of the Director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, and an analysis of the workload of the Federal courts for the 12-month period ending on June 30, 1980. Detailed court statistics for 1980 are appended.
Abstract
The conference reports examined court business in the area of equal employment opportunity, printing of opinions, fee schedules, venue, court budgets, judicial ethics, financial disclosure, and operation of the jury system. Also addressed were new developments and plans regarding administration of the probation, bankruptcy, and Federal magistrates systems; criminal code revision; implementation of the Criminal Justice Act; court records; and other issues. The operation and effect of the rules of practice and procedure are also reviewed. The conference reports include an index. Extensive tabular and graphic data are used to illustrate the judicial business of the courts in the annual 1980 report, which covers each U.S. court and includes salary and expense data. The workload analysis report presents statistics which identify by type and number of cases the workload of the Federal courts. Summary data are provided on the workloads of the U.S. Court of Appeals and other Federal courts, of the U.S. district courts, and of U.S. magistrates. Data on juror utilization, on the probation system, on public offenders, and on cases and motions under advisement in the district courts are included.