Judicial Conference of the Fifth Circuit -- 1972

File — Folder: 2

Identifier: Folder 2

Staff Only

Includes correspondence and other memoranda on the 1972 Judicial Conference and the April 1972 Judicial Council Meeting, among which: TL (2) and TLS of Judge Godbold, TLS of Chief Judge Brown, TLS of Judge Bell, TLS of Judge Gewin, TLS of Judge Ainsworth and TLS of Judge Thornberry on a proposed sabbatical leave system for the judges of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, and on a proposed advisory committee of lawyers for the Circuit; TL and TLS of Judge Thornberry, TLS of Judge Coleman, TLS of Chief Judge Brown and TLS of Judge Gewin on proposed changes in Fifth Circuit Local Rule 7; TLS of Chief Judge Brown referring to the Fifth Circuit Plan for Expediting Criminal Appeals; TLS of Judge Wisdom on proposed sanctions for failure to expedite appellate opinions, the positions of the judges on the proposal, and on the case load of the court, generally; TLS of Judge Allgood (N.D.Ala.) on 'the Harmless Error Rule', referring to United States v. Brookins, 445 F.2d 607 (5th Cir. 1971), United States v. Bethune, 448 F.2d 1218 (5th Cir. 1971), and United States v. Howard, 449 F.2d 308 (5th Cir. 1971), and on United States v. Colbert, 454 F.2d 801 (5th Cir. 1972) and United States v. Resnick, 455 F.2d 1127, reh. den. 459 F.2d 1390 (5th Cir. 1972); TLS of Chief Judge Johnson (M.D.Ala.) on F.R.A.P. 11; TLS of Chief Judge Connally (S.D.Tex.) on F.R.A.P. 10, and on section 2255 proceedings; TLS of Judge Coleman on proposed changes in Fifth Circuit Local Rule 7 and the case load of the federal courts, generally; TLS of Judge Bell on the reversal rate of district judges in the Fifth Circuit, and on F.R.C.P. 52; TL of Judge Godbold referring to F.R.C.P. 56 and F.R.A.P. 9(b); TLS of Judge Gewin on various errors of the district judges in the Fifth Circuit and referring to F.R.Crim.P. 11; and, Papers delivered before the Executive Session of the Judicial Conference, among which, address (bearing holograph notes) of Judge Wisdom.