CASES AND MOTIONS UNDER ADVISEMENT The Administrative Office submitted to the Conference a report on cases under submission in the courts of appeals and cases and and motions under advisement in the district courts. The report listed 61 cases under submission in the courts of appeals more than six months as of September 1, 1961, and fifteen cases and three motions which had been held under advisement by district judges more than six months as of that date. Where necessary, these will be brought to the attention of the judicial councils by the chief judges of the circuits. RELEASE OF CONFERENCE ACTION The Conference authorized the immediate release of its action on matters considered at this session, where necessary for administrative action. For the Judicial Conference of the United States. DECEMBER 12, 1961. EARL WARREN, Chief Justice. Additional districts and divisions... INDEX Additional judgeships---- Administrative agencies, review of orders of....... Administrative Office of the United States Courts: Program to reduce court congestion and delay in litigation.......... Report of the director... Salary of director and deputy director__ State of the dockets__. Appropriations: Budget Committee, report of..... Disbursement of__ General... Supplemental. Assignment of judges, advisory committee on Attorney General, report of... Bankruptcy Administration: Accountability of referees, receivers, and trustees.. Attorneys' fees___ Audit of trustees accounts in Chapter XIII cases. Certification of documents.... Chapter X and XII, reference by clerk.. Chapter XI, filing of claims.. Chapter XIII, developments.. Committee on, report of.. Deposit of bankruptcy funds___. Dischargeability of provable debts_-_. Expense of Bankruptcy Division of Administrative Office Fees and special charges----- Modernization of referees' offices.. Omnibus bill............ Pauper petitions... Preferences, liens and title to property. Priority of wage claims......... Provable debts, dischargeability of.. Railroad reorganizations.. Receivers and trustees: Accountability of.. Appointment of__ Referees: Retirement and salary bill.. Salaries and arrangements. Survey of positions. Training course for new referees. 53, 107 Woodmar Realty Company Case... Jury costs... Budget Committee, report of. Omnibus judgeship bill, cost of... Travel costs.. Cases and motions under advisement.......... Communication of the Chairman, Committee on the Judiciary, House of Communication of the Chairman, Committee on the Judiciary, Senate___ Conference: 452 Judicial Councils, representation of district judges.......... Jury trials in land condemnation cases. Organization of Judicial Conference__. Places of holding court---. Representation of the Court of Customs and Patent Appeals at the Judicial Conference___. Time study of the judicial workload.. Travel expenses - Courts: Business of, state of the dockets--- Court of Claims: Commissioners, additional.. Law clerks, additional.. Reorganization of_____ Retirement of commissioners.. Workload of.. Courts-Continued Courts of Appeals: Additional judgeships____ Appointment of chief judge... Law libraries to receive Congressional Record.......... Workload of.--. District Courts: Accommodations at places of holding court.. Additional judgeships ---- Appointment of Chief Judge__ Cases and motions under advisement... Congestion and delay in litigation. Duties of Chief Judge... Places of holding court... Terms of court, abolishment of....... Workload of.. Criminal Law Administration: Capital punishment in the District of Columbia...... Escape involving juveniles. Committee on, report of____ Federal officers, protection of... Fugitive Felon Act.-.-. Immunity legislation_-_ Indigent defendants, appointment of counsel for-- Institute of Corrections--. Interstate compacts on juveniles. Mentally incompetent prisoners. Obscene matter, conveyance of- Perjury, punishment for.. Protection of....... Qualification standards.. Sentencing: Appellate review of.... Institutes on Sentencing Mandatory minimum sentences Time in jail prior to sentencing, credit for....... United States Commissioners: Fees and allowances__ Jurisdiction of_____. Youth offenders, setting aside convictions of. Expedition of court business....... Habeas corpus, Committee on, report of.. Intercircuit assignment of judges. - Interlocutory Appeals.... Judges: Bias or prejudice, disqualification for... Institutes and seminars of_____ Puerto Rico, life tenure for judges.. Qualifications of............ Representation of district judges on judicial councils- Page 9 5 21 53 8, 61 15, 66 9 6 53, 107 62 6 14 21, 76 8 96 46, 93 96 99 98 95 99 97 97 96 98 99 99 100 97 47 98 98 100 93 95 97 7 49 47, 105 53 68 46 21, 77 69 67 |