Memoranda, July - December 1976

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Identifier: Folder 1

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Includes correspondence and other memoranda of the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, among which: TLS of Judge Sherman G. Finesilver (D.Col.) to Chief Judge Becker on expediting admissibility of documentary evidence in multidistrict litigation, generally; TLS of Chief Judge Becker on certain suggested revisions in the June 25 Minutes of the Meeting of the Judicial Council on Multidistrict Litigation as appropriate, and referring to the Freedom of Information Act; Minutes of the Meeting of the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation [July 23; October 1; October 29; and December 3]; Report of the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation [September]; TLS of Judge Weigel referring to the American Bar Association recommendation for changes in 28 U.S.C. 1407, and referring to Richard J. MacLaury, attorney, San Francisco, Ca.; and, TLS of Judge Murrah to MacLaury on the recommendations; TLS of Walter E. Hoffman, Director, The Federal Judicial Center, to Judge Wisdom, and TLS of Judge Wisdom to Hoffman on selection of transferee judges in multidistrict litigation, generally; TLS of Chief Justice Burger to Judge Wisdom and TL of Judge Wisdom to Chief Justice Burger on the tenure of panel members, generally, on the need for rotation in panel membership, referring to Chief Judge Becker and the Manual for Complex Litigation, and referring to attorney fee standards in multidistrict litigation, generally ; TLS of Chief Judge Becker referring to his proposed replacement on the panel and referring to attorney fee standards in multidistrict litigation; TLS of Chief Judge Lord on his resignation from the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation; TLS of Chief Judge Becker referring to Judge A. Leon Higginbotham (E.D.Pa.); and, TLS of Chief Justice Burger to Judge Wisdom and TL of Chief Justice Burger to Attorney General Griffin Bell on the suggestion of Bell that a 'lawyers advisory committee' be appointed to cooperate with the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. Also includes TL of Judge Frank J. McGarr (N.D.Ill.) on [Automobile Fleet Discount Cases, M.D.L. No. 65 (N.D.Ill. February 28, 1975)]; and, TLS of Judge Frank J. Murray (D.Mass.) on [In re Evergreen Valley Project Litigation, 366 F.Supp. 510 (J.P.M.L. 1973), later opinion 435 F.Supp. 923 (1977)].