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March 29, 2007
Some day in the not-too-distant future, locating and reading a brief filed in a federal appellate case online will become as easy as finding an appeals court opinion. And electronic appellate briefs will feature hyperlinks to lower court rulings, statutes, and other cited materials.
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March 29, 2007
The Senate Judiciary Committee's chairman calls stagnant judicial salaries a threat to the judiciary's ability to function.
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March 23, 2007
A recent study indicates that 98 percent of the 78,823 federal defendants given pretrial release in the years 2003-2006 did not fail to appear for court.
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March 23, 2007
Bankruptcy Form B-10, in which creditors tell a court how much debtors owed them when seeking bankruptcy protection, now can be filled out online.
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March 21, 2007
The federal courts requested $6.43 billion from Congress for fiscal year 2008 as Judge Julia Gibbons, chair of the Judicial Conference Budget Committee, and Administrative Office Director James C. Duff testified before appropriations subcommittees in the House and Senate.
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March 21, 2007
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March 13, 2007
Federal Judiciary Seeking 67 New Judgeships - March 13, 2007
The policy-making Judicial Conference of the United States voted to ask Congress to create 67 new federal judgeships - 15 for the courts of appeals and 52 for the district courts.
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March 13, 2007
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March 13, 2007
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March 05, 2007
A panel comprised of a federal judge, a former U.S. senator, and a law professor discusses judicial independence.