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What Shapes Perceptions Of The Federal Court System?, Theodore Eisenberg, Stewart J. Schwab
What Shapes Perceptions Of The Federal Court System?, Theodore Eisenberg, Stewart J. Schwab
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
Two hundred years is a long time. It is too long after formation of a court system to ask such basic questions as (1) what cases occupy the system, and (2) whether even informed professionals have a reasonable picture of what goes on within the system. Nonetheless, continuing debate about the volume and makeup of litigation in general and of federal court litigation in particular requires legal scholars to address these questions. Professor Marc Galanter's work on the litigation explosion questions central assumptions about the nature and growth of the federal docket. Our prior work undermines widely held views about …
Section 1983 And The Reaganization Of The Sixth Circuit: Closing The Doors To The Federal Courthouse, Steven H. Steinglass
Section 1983 And The Reaganization Of The Sixth Circuit: Closing The Doors To The Federal Courthouse, Steven H. Steinglass
Law Faculty Articles and Essays
This article looks at the most significant developments in section 1983 litigation in the Sixth Circuit during the two-year period from January 1, 1987 to December 31, 1988. The emphasis is on the remedial and procedural issues that arise in section 1983 litigation rather than on the underlying federal constitutional and statutory rights enforceable through section 1983.