§ 479. — Information on litigation management and cost and delay reduction.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 28USC479]
TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
PART I--ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
CHAPTER 23--CIVIL JUSTICE EXPENSE AND DELAY REDUCTION PLANS
Sec. 479. Information on litigation management and cost and
delay reduction
(a) Within four years after the date of the enactment of this
chapter, the Judicial Conference of the United States shall prepare a
comprehensive report on all plans received pursuant to section 472(d) of
this title. The Director of the Federal Judicial Center and the Director
of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts may make
recommendations regarding such report to the Judicial Conference during
the preparation of the report. The Judicial Conference shall transmit
copies of the report to the United States district courts and to the
Committees on the Judiciary of the Senate and the House of
Representatives.
(b) The Judicial Conference of the United States shall, on a
continuing basis--
(1) study ways to improve litigation management and dispute
resolution services in the district courts; and
(2) make recommendations to the district courts on ways to
improve such services.
(c)(1) The Judicial Conference of the United States shall prepare,
periodically revise, and transmit to the United States district courts a
Manual for Litigation Management and Cost and Delay Reduction. The
Director of the Federal Judicial Center and the Director of the
Administrative Office of the United States Courts may make
recommendations regarding the preparation of and any subsequent
revisions to the Manual.
(2) The Manual shall be developed after careful evaluation of the
plans implemented under section 472 of this title, the demonstration
program conducted under section 104 of the Civil Justice Reform Act of
1990, and the pilot program conducted under section 105 of the Civil
Justice Reform Act of 1990.
(3) The Manual shall contain a description and analysis of the
litigation management, cost and delay reduction principles and
techniques, and alternative dispute resolution programs considered most
effective by the Judicial Conference, the Director of the Federal
Judicial Center, and the Director of the Administrative Office of the
United States Courts.
(Added Pub. L. 101-650, title I, Sec. 103(a), Dec. 1, 1990, 104 Stat.
5095.)
References in Text
The date of the enactment of this chapter, referred to in subsec.
(a), is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 101-650, which was approved
Dec. 1, 1990.
Sections 104 and 105 of the Civil Justice Reform Act of 1990 [Pub.
L. 101-650], referred to in subsec. (c)(2), are set out as notes under
section 471 of this title.
