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Documekt RESUME 1NSTLTUTION Department of Justice, Washington DOCUMEkT RESUME ED 220 396 I SO 014 256 TITLE State Court Organization, 1980. 1NSTLTUTION National Center for State Courts-, Williamsburg, Va. SPONS AGENCY Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. Bureau of Justice Statistics. , REPORT NO NCJ-76711 PUB DATE May 82 GRANT 79-SS-AX-0010 NOTE 573p.; Not available in paper copy due to amall print type throughout original document. Report of work was performed by the National Court Statistics Project. AVAILABLE FROMNational Criminal Justice Reference Service, Box 6000, Rockville, MD 20850 (single copies, free). EDRS PRICE MF02 Plus Postage. PC Not Available from EDRS. DESCRIPTORS Administration; Governmental Structure; *Organization; *State Courts; State Government; Statistical Data ABSTRACT Informaticn on state court organization as of January 1, 1980, in the 50 states, American Samoa, the District of Columbia, Guam,Lpuetto Rico, and the Virgin Islands is provided. Data were colketted from published sources and through questionnaires. There, are two major parts. Part I consists of 36 tables containing comparative data from all the states and other jurisdictions which describe particular facets of state court personnel, organization, structure, and administration. Data are summary in nature. Subiect matter covered by the tables is diverse, including descriptions of 'justices' and judges' positions at all leve s of court; court jurisdiction; methods of judicial selection; the selection, qualificati-on, and use of jurors; state-le.el court administrative offices; and descriptions of judicial disciplinary bodies. Part II contains narrative profiles and figures that describe the organization of the judicial system in'each state. Information is presented on seven topics: courts of last resort; intermediate appellate-courts; courts of general jurisdiction; courts of limited or special jurisdiction; state-level administration;quasi-judicial officers; and judicial discipline. Appendice6 cofitain names of state court administrators, data collection instrumenti, and a glossary: (Author/RM) . (/ , ****************************************************************t****** Reproductions supplie?'y EDRS are the best that cab be made .from, he original document. *********************************************************************** BEST C AVAIABLE( U.S. partment oi Justice u of Justice Statistics U S DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION. E DU( Al IONAL RE SOURCE S INFORMA ION State Court ENTER RlC 1 his oineinhas been repoidut eftas fel Co,(1 aro the pOr,r1iiroiganization Orit1111,111,1,1 VW., flanges haw been ihade to improve Organization hon Pomo, of view ie iitenions staled in this dot in 1980 flwrIT f represent (MR al NIE PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS MATERIAL INMICROFICHE A joint effort of HAS BEEN GRANTED BY Conference of State Court Administrators aes and I National Center for State Courts TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) National Court Statistics Project 300 neivport Avenue Williamsburg, Virginia 23185 NCJ-76711, sac-8 May 1982 411, Ise U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Bureau of Justice Statistics Benjamin H. Renshaw III Acting Director Charles R. Kindermann Acting Director, Statistics Division 4 IMPORTANT We have provLded an evaluation sheet at the end of this publication. It will asiist us in improving future reports if you complete and return it at your convenience. Report of work performed by the National Court StatisticsProject, National Center for State Courts. 4 This project was supported by Federal Grant Number 79-SS-AX-001,0 awar4ed to the National Center for State Courts, Williamsburg,Virginia, by the Statistics Division, Bureau. of Justice Statistics,U.S. Department of Justice, under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as amended. The National Court Statistits Project was tirected by Francis J. Taillefer until August,'1980, apd since that time by Victor E. Flango for the National Center for State Courgs. Points Of view or opinions stated in this document are those of the authr and do not necessarily represent theofficial position or poltcies of the U.S Department of Justice. The Bureau ofJustice Stistics authorizes any person to reproduce, publish, translate, or otiierwise e all or any part of the copyrighted material in thia publication, with the exemption oe those itemsindicating that they are copyrighted by or rep inted by permission of any source'other than the National Center forStatelCourta. Copyright 1981 by National Center for Ste Courts Library of Congress Card Number: 81-60009 )( Thta State Court Organization, 1980 establishes contained in this volume were collected directly a new state court statistical series containing from each state court administrative office as well organizational, financial, and personnel statistics as from other, independent sources. The leadership for the court systems in all fifty states, the and assistance of COSCA, and especially the NCSP - District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Committee chaired by Bert M. Montague, has insured the Virgin Islands, and Guam. This volume is the the quality and usefulness of this the first edi- result of a cooperative effort of the National Cen- tion of a new national court statistical series. ter for State Courts (NCSC) and the Conference of State Court Administrators (COSCA).This work will be a companion document to the continuing State Court Caseload Statistics: Annual Report series also produced by the National Court 'Statistics Pro- ject (NCSP). This reference updates and expands previous national court surveys conducted by the Edward B. McConnell Bureau of the Census in 1971, 1975, and 1977. Data Director National Center for State Courts The Conference of State Court Administrators court administrative offices. This volume should and its National Court Statistics Project Committee prove to be a valuable reference source for court has worked closely with the National Center for organizational, managerial, and administrative State Courts NCSP staff in preparing this volume. data. State court administrators helped to determine which data would be, collected, and then served as the primary source of much of the data. This work contains information on many facets of court or- ganization and administration collected and uni- formly organized in a single source for the first -4 time. Comprehensive coverage is given to the or- Bert M. Montague, Chairman ganization and funCtione of the courts as well as NCSP Committee the operations, budget, and personnel of the state Conference of State Court Administrators iii 'Conference of State Court Administrators National Court Statistics Project ' Committee Bert M. Montague (1977 ko 1981) Roy O. Gulley (1978 to 1981) Director, Administrative Office of the Chairman (1979 lo 1981) Courts, Illinois Administrative Director North Carolina John F. Harkness, Jr. (1979 to 1980) James R. James, Chairman (1977 to 197 State Court Administrator, Florida Judicial Administrator of the Courts, C. R. Huie (1977 to 1979) Kansas Executive Secretary, Judicial Department Laurence C. Eamon (1979 to 1981) of Arkansas Vice Chairman (1979o 1981) State Court Administror, Minnesota Eugene J. Murret (1979 to 1980) State Court Administrator, Louisitna Elizabeth D. Belshaw, Vice Chairman Arthur J. Simpson, Jr. (1978 and 1979) (1977 to 1979) State Court Administrator, Maine Acting Director, Administrative Office of the Courts, New Jersey Alexander F. Barbieri (1977 to 1981) James D. Thomas (1979 to 1981) State Court Administrator, Pennsylvania State Court Administrator, Colorado James E. Dunlevey (1977 to 1979) Phillip B. Winberry (1977 and 1978) State Court Administrator, Nebraska Administrator for the Courts, Washington National Center for State Courts Board of Directors Chief Justice William S. Richardson, Chief Justice Joe R. Greenhill Supreme Court of Texas President, Supreme Court of Hawaii Chief Justice Lawrence W. I'Anson Chief Judge Theodore R. Newman, Jr. Supreme Court of Virginia Vice-President, District of'Columbia Court of Appeals , Judge Wilfred N. Nuernberger Separate Juvenile Court of Lancaster Presiding Judge Robert C. Broomfield County, Nebraska Superior Court of Maricopa County, Judge Kaliste J. Saloom, Jr. Arizona city Court of Lafayette, Louisiana Chief Judge Lawrence H. Cooke Associate Justice Joseph R. Weisberger Court of Appeals of New York SupreMe Court of Rhode Island Judge Mercedes F. Deiz Circuit Court of Oregon Judge Robert A Wenke Superior Court of Los Angeles, California Judge Roland J. Faricy Municipal Court of Ramsey County, Edward B. McConnell Minnesota Director: National Court Statistics Project staff ft Lynn A. Jensen, Project Group Manager Robert A. Zastany, Staff Associate Marianne Stran, Design Specialist Victor E. Flango, Project Director Mary A. Miller, Secretory (1980 to 1981) Regina D. Page, Secretary Francis J. Taillefer, Project Director (1979 to 1980) Dana Patton, Secretary Brenda Snyder, Word Processing Supervisor Nora F. Blair, Staff Associate Pat Barnett, Word Processing Secretory Mary Louise Cfifford, Staff Associate Rita P. Hall, Word Processing Secretary Mary E. Elsner, Staff Associate Robert M. Simonds, Staff Associate Mart,Aelciing, Word Processing Secretary tch, Word Processing Secretary Betty Joyce White, Staff Associate ' Daryl Carol Niwton, Word Processing Secretary Brends A. Williams, Staff Associate Judy A. Brown, Word Processing Secretary k Acknowledgements We are indebted to the Judicial Administration Division of the American Bar Association (ABA) and its Implementation
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