{"title":"The Judges of the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation","authors":"Tracey E. George, Margaret S. Williams","doi":"10.2139/SSRN.2308906","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (or \"MDL Panel\") is one of a small number of special federal courts created pursuant to Article III by Congress and staffed by a Chief-Justice-appointed group of Article III judges for limited terms. The MDL Panel is a powerful judicial institution with substantial discretion over complex litigation in the United States. For all practical purposes, it controls where many of the most far-reaching and significant private civil actions will be resolved which can affect procedural and substantive rights of the parties. An understanding of who has served on the MDL Panel would shed light on both its structure and its decisions. In this article, we provided an analysis of the composition of the Panel, as well as comparing Panel appointments by the Chief Justice to those of the Judicial Conference Committees.","PeriodicalId":35633,"journal":{"name":"Judicature","volume":"97 1","pages":"196"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2013-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Judicature","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.2139/SSRN.2308906","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"Social Sciences","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 2
Abstract
The United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (or "MDL Panel") is one of a small number of special federal courts created pursuant to Article III by Congress and staffed by a Chief-Justice-appointed group of Article III judges for limited terms. The MDL Panel is a powerful judicial institution with substantial discretion over complex litigation in the United States. For all practical purposes, it controls where many of the most far-reaching and significant private civil actions will be resolved which can affect procedural and substantive rights of the parties. An understanding of who has served on the MDL Panel would shed light on both its structure and its decisions. In this article, we provided an analysis of the composition of the Panel, as well as comparing Panel appointments by the Chief Justice to those of the Judicial Conference Committees.
期刊介绍：
Judicature is a forum for fact and opinion relating to all aspects of the administration of justice and its improvement. Readers are invited to submit articles, news, and letters for publication. Judicature, a refereed journal, notifies authors of its decisions within 45 days and publishes most accepted articles within six months. To facilitate anonymous reviewing, please submit two copies, one with all identifying information removed. Hard copies are not required.
京公网安备 11010802042870号
京ICP备2023020795号-1
分享
求助内容：
应助结果提醒方式：
扫码关注我们
