Federal Courts Diversity Jurisdiction –Documents and correspondence pertaining to Mr. Meador’s activism towards reducing diversity of citizenship jurisdiction of the federal courts. Text of testimonies before the S. Comm. on the Judiciary concerning Federal Diversity of Citizenship Jurisdiction (Mar. 21, 1979); before the S. Subcomm. on Improvements in Judicial Machinery, Comm. on the Judiciary, concerning Diversity Jurisdiction (Mar. 17, 1978); Class Actions (Nov. 29, 1978); before the H. Subcomm. on Courts, Civil Liberties and the Administration of Justice, Comm. on the Judiciary, concerning Legislation on Federal Diversity of Citizenship Jurisdiction and the Jurisdiction of United States Magistrates (Mar. 8, 1979); and Legislation to Limit the Exercise of Diversity Jurisdiction (Sept. 28, 1977); correspondence with Sen. Edward Kennedy (1979), Jeffrey S. Giancola (1979), Sen. Strom Thurmond (1979-1981), Sen. Paul Laxalt (1981), Rep. M. Caldwell Butler (1981), Rep. Robert McClory (1981), AG William French Smith (1982), Richard “Pete” Velde (1982), Judge Wilfred Feinberg (1989), Leigh B. Middleditch (1990); OIAJ documents and memoranda pertaining to diversity jurisdiction (1979); Working paper 1980-3 for Choice of Forum in Diversity Cases: Analysis of a Survey and Implications for Reform, Kristin Bumiller; text of testimony of Jonathan C. Rose before the H. Subcomm. on Courts, Civil Liberties and the Administration of Justice, Comm. on the Judiciary, in re: Legislation on Federal Diversity of Citizenship Jurisdiction (July 14, 1982); Circulation draft of Beyond Diversity: Crafting a Federal Multistate, Multiparty Jurisdiction, Thomas D. Rowe, Jr., and Kenneth D. Sibley (May 1985), 1977 -1982, 1989-2002

Federal Courts Diversity Jurisdiction –Documents and correspondence pertaining to Mr. Meador’s activism towards reducing diversity of citizenship jurisdiction of the federal courts. Text of testimonies before the S. Comm. on the Judiciary concerning Federal Diversity of Citizenship Jurisdiction (Mar. 21, 1979); before the S. Subcomm. on Improvements in Judicial Machinery, Comm. on the Judiciary, concerning Diversity Jurisdiction (Mar. 17, 1978); Class Actions (Nov. 29, 1978); before the H. Subcomm. on Courts, Civil Liberties and the Administration of Justice, Comm. on the Judiciary, concerning Legislation on Federal Diversity of Citizenship Jurisdiction and the Jurisdiction of United States Magistrates (Mar. 8, 1979); and Legislation to Limit the Exercise of Diversity Jurisdiction (Sept. 28, 1977); correspondence with Sen. Edward Kennedy (1979), Jeffrey S. Giancola (1979), Sen. Strom Thurmond (1979-1981), Sen. Paul Laxalt (1981), Rep. M. Caldwell Butler (1981), Rep. Robert McClory (1981), AG William French Smith (1982), Richard “Pete” Velde (1982), Judge Wilfred Feinberg (1989), Leigh B. Middleditch (1990); OIAJ documents and memoranda pertaining to diversity jurisdiction (1979); Working paper 1980-3 for Choice of Forum in Diversity Cases: Analysis of a Survey and Implications for Reform, Kristin Bumiller; text of testimony of Jonathan C. Rose before the H. Subcomm. on Courts, Civil Liberties and the Administration of Justice, Comm. on the Judiciary, in re: Legislation on Federal Diversity of Citizenship Jurisdiction (July 14, 1982); Circulation draft of Beyond Diversity: Crafting a Federal Multistate, Multiparty Jurisdiction, Thomas D. Rowe, Jr., and Kenneth D. Sibley (May 1985), 1977 -1982, 1989-2002, Box: MSS 82-3e, Box 10. The Papers of Daniel J. Meador, MSS-82-3. Arthur J. Morris Law Library Special Collections. https://archives.lib.virginia.edu/repositories/4/archival_objects/58839 Accessed April 26, 2024.