The White Commission and the Federal Circuit.(Commission on Structural Alternatives for the Federal Courts of Appeals)

From: Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy | Date: September 22, 2000| Author: | Copyright information

INTRODUCTION

The Commission on Structural Alternatives for the Federal Courts of Appeals, or White Commission,(1) ("the Commission") recently issued a report and recommendations for Congress and the President after studying the appellate courts for a year.(2) The Commission investigation emphasized the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, as Congress had instructed. The centerpiece of the Commission's recommendations was a divisional arrangement for the Ninth Circuit and the remaining appellate courts as their caseloads increase.(3) Notwithstanding this focus ...

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