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Box 2

 Container

Contains 4 Results:

Report re Court of Claims by Management Review Division. Administrative Office, 1981

 File — Box: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: These papers document Edward S. Smith’s service on the US Court of Claims, his appointment to the court, court administration, articles and speeches, and the federal court re-organization of the late 1970s that concluded with the Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1979, and the creation of the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. The collection reflects the administrative process that took place "to restructure a portion of the intermediate appellate tier." Judge Smith...
Dates: 1981

Spector-Goddard Controversy, 1981

 File — Box: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: These papers document Edward S. Smith’s service on the US Court of Claims, his appointment to the court, court administration, articles and speeches, and the federal court re-organization of the late 1970s that concluded with the Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1979, and the creation of the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. The collection reflects the administrative process that took place "to restructure a portion of the intermediate appellate tier." Judge Smith...
Dates: 1981

Trial Judge George Willi Case, 1976-1980, 1982

 File — Box: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: These papers document Edward S. Smith’s service on the US Court of Claims, his appointment to the court, court administration, articles and speeches, and the federal court re-organization of the late 1970s that concluded with the Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1979, and the creation of the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. The collection reflects the administrative process that took place "to restructure a portion of the intermediate appellate tier." Judge Smith...
Dates: Majority of material found in 1976-1980, 1982

Meador Report [A proposal to improve the Federal Appellate System], 1978, July

 File — Box: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: These papers document Edward S. Smith’s service on the US Court of Claims, his appointment to the court, court administration, articles and speeches, and the federal court re-organization of the late 1970s that concluded with the Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1979, and the creation of the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. The collection reflects the administrative process that took place "to restructure a portion of the intermediate appellate tier." Judge Smith...
Dates: 1978, July