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Choosing A Court To Review The Executive, Joseph Mead, Nicholas Fromherz

All Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs Publications

For more than one hundred years, Congress has experimented with review of agency action by single-judge district courts, multiple-judge district courts, and direct review by circuit courts. This tinkering has not given way to a stable design. Rather than settling on a uniform scheme—or at least a scheme with a discernible organizing principle—Congress has left litigants with a jurisdictional maze that varies unpredictably across and within statutes and agencies.In this Article, we offer a fresh look at the theoretical and empirical factors that ought to inform the allocation of the judicial power between district and circuit courts in suits challenging …

Choosing A Court To Review The Executive, Joseph Mead, Nicholas Fromherz

Law Faculty Articles and Essays

For more than one hundred years, Congress has experimented with review of agency action by single-judge district courts, multiple-judge district courts, and direct review by circuit courts. This tinkering has not given way to a stable design. Rather than settling on a uniform scheme—or at least a scheme with a discernible organizing principle— Congress has left litigants with a jurisdictional maze that varies unpredictably across and within statutes and agencies.

In this Article, we offer a fresh look at the theoretical and empirical factors that ought to inform the allocation of the judicial power between district and circuit courts in …

The Developing Role Of The Magistrate In The Federal Courts, Jack B. Streepy

Cleveland State Law Review

Many practicing attorneys are unfamiliar with the role of the United States Magistrate in the federal judicial system. This article is intended to offer some insight into that role, both nationally and in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.

The Developing Role Of The Magistrate In The Federal Courts, Jack B. Streepy

Cleveland State Law Review

Many practicing attorneys are unfamiliar with the role of the United States Magistrate in the federal judicial system. This article is intended to offer some insight into that role, both nationally and in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.