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Contemplating The End Of Federal Civil Justice Reform In Montana, Carl W. Tobias
Contemplating The End Of Federal Civil Justice Reform In Montana, Carl W. Tobias
Law Faculty Publications
In continuation of the series of essays analyzing and documenting federal civil justice reform, this essay first provides an update on developments in civil justice reform nationally and in the United States District Court of Montana (Montana District). The essay then stresses the continuing work of the Ninth Circuit District Local Rules Review Committee and additional issues relating to case assignments in the Montana District. Finally, the essay takes a glimpse into the future.
Magistrate Judges In The Montana Federal District, Carl W. Tobias
Magistrate Judges In The Montana Federal District, Carl W. Tobias
Law Faculty Publications
Over the last three decades, growing caseloads and finite resources have fostered expansion of the jurisdiction, responsibilities, prestige and compensation of United States Magistrate Judges. Passage of the Civil Justice Reform Act (CJRA) of 1990, which required local experimentation with procedures for reducing expense and delay in civil litigation, propelled this development in many of the ninety-four federal districts across the country. The United States District Court for the District of Montana has quite strongly evidenced these phenomena. Perhaps most important, the CJRA expense and delay reduction plan that the district prescribed in 1991 included an opt-out procedure which it …