COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY

PETER W. RODINO, JR., New Jersey, Chairman

ALAN A. PARKER, General Counsel

GARNER J. CLINE, Staff Director

ALAN F. COFFEY, Jr., Associate Counsel

SUBCOMMITTEE ON COURTS, CIVIL LIBERTIES, AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE

CONTENTS

WITNESSES

Carrico, Hon. Harry L., chief justice, Virginia State Supreme Court, Confer-

ence of Chief Justices....

Letter from, dated October 5, 1983, to Hon. Robert W. Kastenmeier..........

Prepared statement..........

Etheridge, Jack P., professor of law, Emory University, American Bar Associ-

ation.......

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28

60

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Prepared statement

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Utter, Hon. Robert F., justice, Washington State Supreme Court, Conference

of Chief Justices

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Prepared statement

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ADDITIONAL MATERIAL

AuCoin, Hon. Les, a U.S. Representative in Congress from the State of

Oregon, prepared statement........

Burger, Hon. Warren E., Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, letters from:

Dated July 7, 1983, to Hon. Robert W. Kastenmeier

Dated September 22, 1980, to Hon. Robert W. Kastenmeier

Dated December 17, 1982, to Hon. Robert W. Kastenmeier............

Erickstad, Ralph J., president, National Center for State Courts, Williams-

burg, Va., letter from, dated December 11, 1983, to Hon. Robert W. Kasten-

meier..

Foley, William E., Director, Administrative Office of the United States

Courts, letter from, dated September 21, 1982, to Hon. Robert W. Kasten-

meier.....

Hunter, Hon. Elmo B., U.S. district judge, Judicial Conference of the United

States, prepared statement.....

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Jobes, Clarice, president, National Association of Women Judges, letter from,

dated December 16, 1983, to Hon. Robert W. Kastenmeier.

National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, resolution of, dated

July 27, 1982...............

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146

Peay, Richard V., president, Conference of State Court Administrators, letter
from, dated December 10, 1983, to Hon. Robert W. Kastenmeier
Solomon, Harvey E., executive director, Institute for Court Management,
Denver, Colo., letter from, dated December 19, 1983, to Hon. Robert W.
Kastenmeier.

Text of H.R. 3403.........

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Watts, Ernst John, dean, the National Judicial College, University of Nevada,

Reno, Nev., letter from, dated December 14, 1983, to Hon. Robert W. Kas-

tenmeier......

122

APPENDIXES

I. Additional materials provided by the Conference of Chief Justices:

A. Report of the Task Force on a State Court Improvement Act (May

1979)..............

B. Report of the Executive Council of the Conference of Chief Jus-

tices in Response to the Department of Justice Study Group

Report on the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration

(August 1977) .............

C. Resolutions of Conference of Chief Justices from Annual Meeting

(August 1978)

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(III)

D. Resolutions of Conference of Chief Justices from Mid-Year Meet-

ing (February 1978)...........

E. Statement of Chief Justice W. Ward Reynoldson Before the Brook-

ings Institution Fifth Seminar on the Administration of Justice

(January 31, 1982).........

F. Judicial Council of the State of Nevada, resolution of, September
21, 1979..........

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239

G. Wilentz, Robert N., chief justice, State of New Jersey, letter from,

dated November 21, 1980, to Hon. Peter W. Rodino, Jr......

241

H. Heflin, Howell, U.S. Senator, letter from, dated August 27, 1982,

to Hon. Robert W. Kastenmeier.

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A. Letter from Hon. Robert A. McConnell to Hon. Peter W. Rodino,

Jr. (July 29, 1981).............

254

II. Materials Provided by the U.S. Department of Justice:

B. Statement of Jonathan C. Rose before the House Judiciary Sub-

committee on Courts, Civil Liberties and the Administration of

Justice on H.R. 2407, a Bill to Create a State Justice Institute

(September 15, 1982).

III. Articles and speeches:

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A. Brennan, Hon. William J., Jr., State Constitutions and the Protec-

tion of Individual Rights, 90 Harv. L. Rev. 489 (1977)..............

B. O'Connor, Hon. Sandra D., Trends in the Relationship Between
the Federal and State Court Judges, 22 Wm. and Mary L. Rev.
801 (1981)......

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278

C. Abrahamson, Hon. Shirley S., Reincarnation of State Courts, 36

SW. L. J. 953 (1982).......

D. Cameron, Hon. James Duke, Federal Review, Finality of State

Court Decision, and a Proposal for a National Court of Appeals-

A State Judge's Solution to a Continuing Problem, 1981 Brig.

Y.U. L. Rev. 545.....

E. Sheran, Hon. Robert J., "Propping Up State Courts With Federal

Dollars," 17 The Judges' Journal 8 (1978)..............

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350

F. Burger, Hon. Warren E., remarks to the American Law Institute

(Washington, D.C., June 10, 1980)......

352

G. Remington, Prof. Frank J., statement before the Administration of

Justice (Williamsburg, Va., January 20, 1980)..............

359

H. Meador, Prof. Daniel J., Jackson Lecture on the Federal Govern-

ment and State Courts (Reno, Nev., 1978)...............

373

IV. Further Legislative Materials:

A. H.R. 4145, 98th Congress, 1st Session (1983), as reported by the

House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties and the

Administration of Justice....

B. Introductory Floor Statement by Hon. Robert W. Kastenmeier, 129

CONG. REC. H 4465 (daily ed., June 23, 1983), 98th Congress, 1st

Session..

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