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     MANUSCRIPTS and ARCHIVAL MATERIAL

Box MSS 01-3, Box 8

 Container

Contains 1 Result:

"White Commission" or Commission on Structural Alternatives for the Federal Court of Appeals, 1989

 File — Box: MSS 01-3, Box 8
Scope and Contents From the Collection: These papers document Smith’s service on the U.S. 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 U.S. 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...
Dates: 1989