Senate. COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-FIRST CONGRESS

FIRST AND SECOND SESSIONS

ON

S. 1506, S. 1507, S. 1508, S. 1509, S. 1510,
S. 1511, S. 1512, S. 1513, S. 1514,
S. 1515, and S. 1516

BILLS PROVIDING FOR IMPROVEMENTS IN THE ADMINISTRA-
TION OF THE COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES

NOVEMBER 24, 1969, APRIL 9 AND 13, 1970

Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary

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Opening statements: Tydings, Hon. Joseph D., U.S. Senator from Mary-

land, chairman, Subcommittee on Improvements in Judicial Machinery-

Monday, November 24, 1969..

Thursday, April 9, 1970.

Monday, April 13, 1970.

Witnesses:

Ainsworth, Hon. Robert A., Jr., judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth

Circuit..

Gray, Earl Q., Esq., member, Committee on Judicial Selection,
Tenure, and Compensation, American Bar Association..

Rehnquist, William H., Esq., Assistant Attorney General, Office of

Legal Counsel, Department of Justice; accompanied by Herman

Marcuse, Esq., Office of Legal Counsel, Department of Justice____

Reifsnyder, C. Frank, Esq., Section on Judicial Administration,

American Bar Association_.

Segal, Bernard G., Esq., president, American Bar Association

Voorhees, Theodore, Esq., chairman, Committee on Judicial Selec-

tion, Tenure, and Compensation, American Bar Association____

Documents:

Resolutions of the Judicial Conference of the United States, June

10, 1969.

Resolutions of the Judicial Conference of the United States, No-

vember 1, 1969.

Letter from William E. Foley, Deputy Director of the Administrative

Office of the U.S. Courts, to Hon. James O. Eastland, chairman,

Senate Committee on the Judiciary.

Letter from Hon. Roger Traynor, Chief Justice of the California

Supreme Court, to Hon. Warren E. Burger, Chief Justice, U.S.

Supreme Court, October 27, 1969..

"Judicial Ethics-A Crisis of Confidence," speech by Hon. Robert
A. Ainsworth, Jr., to the Ohio Judicial Conference, September 3,
1969_

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Letter and statement of Newell W. Ellison, Esq., chairman, Committee
on the Administration of Justice, appointed by the Judicial Council,
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit_ _

Memorandum submitted by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts:

Whether the authority of the Judicial Conference extends to the Su-

preme Court, dated December 29, 1969.

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Proposed procedure and forms for disclosure under Judicial Conference

Resolution II of June 10, 1969__

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Speech by Hon. Joseph D. Tydings, U.S. Senator from Maryland, "Judicial

Fitness," delivered to the Catholic University Law School Alumni,

November 7, 1969_.

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