THE JUDICIAL CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED STATES, 28 U.S.C. 331 § 331. JUDICIAL CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED STATES The Chief Justice of the United States shall summon annually the chief judge of each judicial circuit, the chief judge of the Court of Claims, the chief judge of the Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, and a district judge from each judicial circuit to a conference at such time and place in the United States as he may designate. He shall preside at such conference which shall be known as the Judicial Conference of the United States. Special sessions of the conference may be called by the Chief Justice at such times and places as he may designate. The district judge to be summoned from each judicial circuit shall be chosen by the circuit and district judges of the circuit at the annual judicial conference of the circuit held pursuant to section 333 of this title and shall serve as a member of the conference for three successive years, except that in the year following the enactment of this amended section the judges in the first, fourth, seventh, and tenth circuits shall choose a district judge to serve for one year, the judges in the second, fifth, and eighth circuits shall choose a district judge to serve for two years and the judges in the third, sixth, ninth, and District of Columbia circuits shall choose a district judge to serve for three years. If the chief judge of any circuit or the district judge chosen by the judges of the circuit is unable to attend, the Chief Justice may summon any other cir cuit or district judge from such circuit. If the chief judge of the Court of Claims or the chief judge of the Court of Customs and Patent Appeals is unable to attend, the Chief Justice may summon an associate judge of such court. Every judge summoned shall attend and, unless excused by the Chief Justice, shall remain throughout the sessions of the conference and advise as to the needs of his circuit or court and as to any matters in respect of which the administration of justice in the courts of the United States may be improved. The conference shall make a comprehensive survey of the condition of business in the courts of the United States and prepare plans for assignment of judges to or from circuits or districts where necessary, and shall submit suggestions to the various courts, in the interest of uniformity and expedition of business. The conference shall also carry on a continuous study of the operation and effect of the general rules of practice and procedure now or hereafter in use as prescribed by the Supreme Court for the other courts of the United States pursuant to law. Such changes in and additions to those rules as the Conference may deem desirable to promote simplicity in procedure, fairness in administration, the just determination of litigation, and the elimination of unjustifiable expense and delay shall be recommended by the Conference from time to time to the Supreme Court for its consideration and adoption, modification or rejection, in accordance with law. The Attorney General shall, upon request of the Chief Justice, report to such conference on matters relating to the business of the several courts of the United States, with particular reference to cases to which the United States is a party. The Chief Justice shall submit to Congress an annual report of the proceedings of the Judicial Conference and its recommendations for legislation. LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES. Hon. JOHN W. McCORMACK, Speaker of the House, House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. DEAR MR. SPEAKER: I have the honor of transmitting to you a copy of the proceedings of the meeting of the Judicial Conference held in Washington, D.C., on October 31 and November 1, 1969. Cordially, WARREN E. BURGER. CONTENTS Pare Committee on Court Administration....... Resolutions of June 10, 1969.. Judicial Survivors Annuity Act.... 49 50 Committee on the Administration of the Criminal Law............ Commitment of Persons Acquitted on the Ground of Insanity.......... Page Committee on Intercircuit Assignments--- Committee on Trial Practice and Techique_. Committee on the Administration of the Bankruptcy system.. 72 72 73 Committee on the Administration of the Probation System.. Survey Report of the Director_ 77 77 78 78 79 Standards for Selection.... Committee to Implement the Criminal Justice Act........ Appointments and Payments_-_-. 81 81 81 REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE JUDICIAL CONFERENCE October 31-November 1, 1969 The Judicial Conference of the United States convened on October 31, 1969, pursuant to the call of the Chief Justice of the United States issued under 28 U.S.C. 331. The Conference continued in session on November 1. The Chief Justice presided and the following members of the Conference were present: District of Columbia Circuit: Chief Judge David L. Bazelon Chief Judge Edward M. Curran, District of Columbia First Circuit: Chief Judge Bailey Aldrich Judge Edward T. Gignoux, District of Maine Second Circuit: Chief Judge J. Edward Lumbard Chief Judge Sidney Sugarman, Southern District of New York Third Circuit: Chief Judge William Henry Hastie Judge Wallace S. Gourley, Western District of Pennsylvania Fourth Circuit: Judge Harrison L. Winter (designated by the Chief Justice in place of Chief Judge Clement F. Haynsworth, Jr.) Chief Judge Walter E. Hoffman, Eastern District of Virginia Fifth Circuit: Chief Judge John R. Brown Chief Judge Joe Ewing Estes, Northern District of Texas Sixth Circuit: Chief Judge Harry Phillips Chief Judge Carl A. Weinman, Southern District of Ohio Seventh Circuit: Chief Judge Latham Castle Chief Judge Robert A. Grant, Northern District of Indiana Eighth Circuit: Chief Judge Martin D. Van Oosterhout Chief Judge Roy W. Harper, Eastern & Western Districts of Missouri |