Reports of the Proceedings of the Judicial Conference of the United States, Activities of Administrative,... Administrative Office of the United States Courts... 1997

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Reports of the Proceedings
of the Judicial Conference
of the United States
Activities of the Adminstrative Office
of the United States Courts
Judicial Business of the United States
Reports of the Proceedings
of the Judicial Conference
of the United States
Activities of the Adminstrative Office
of the United States Courts
Judicial Business of the United States
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CONTENTS
Section 1: Reports of the Proceedings of the
Judicial Conference of the United States ...............cccceeeeee 1-111
Section 2: Activities of the Administrative Office
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Section 3: Judicial Business
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Reports of the Proceedings
of the Judicial Conference
of the United States
March 11, 1997
REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS
OF THE JUDICIAL CONFERENCE
OF THE UNITED STATES
Marcu II, 1997
WASHINGTON, D.C,
JubICcIAL CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED STATES
CuieF JusticE WituiAM H. REHNQUIST,
PRESIDING
LEONIDAS RALPH MECHAM, SECRETARY
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REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS
OF THE JUDICIAL CONFERENCE
OF THE UNITED STATES
March 11, 1997
Contents
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REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS
OF THE JUDICIAL CONFERENCE
OF THE UNITED STATES
March 11, 1997
The Judicial Conference of the United States convened in Washington,
D.C., on March 11. '997, pursuant to the call of the Chief Justice of the United
States issued under 28 U.S.C. § 331. The Chief Justice presided, and the
following members of the Conference were present:
Fi.s° Circuit:
Chief Judge Juan R. Torruella
Chief Judge Joseph L. Tauro,
District of Massachusetts
Second Circuit:
Chief Judge Jon O. Newman
Chief Judge Peter C. Dorsey,
District of Connecticut
Third Circuit:
Chief Judge Dolores K. Sloviter
Chief Judge Edward N. Cahn,
Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Fourth Circuit:
Chief Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III
Judge W. Earl Britt,
Eastern District of North Carolina
Judicial Conference of the United States
Fifth Circuit:
Chief Judge Henry A. Politz
Judge William H. Barbour, Jr.,
Southern District of Mississippi
Sixth Circuit:
Chief Judge Boyce F. Martin, Jr.
Judge Thomas A. Wiseman, Jr.,
Middle District of Tennessee
Seventh Circuit:
Chief Judge Richard A. Posner
Chief Judge Michael M. Mihm,
Central District of Illinois
Eighth Circuit:
Chief Judge Richard S. Arnold
Judge Donald E. O'Brien,
Northern District of lowa
Ninth Circuit:
Chief Judge Procter Hug, Jr.
Chief Judge Lloyd D. George,
District of Nevada
Tenth Circuit:
Chief Judge Stephanie K. Seymour
Judge Clarence A. Brimmer,
District of Wyoming
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