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Court Congestion and Delay

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Discount Justice: State Court Belt-Tightening in an Era of Fiscal Austerity

Following the 2008 financial crisis, fiscal pressure on the states has led to corresponding pressure for court system retrenchment. In January 2015, the UCLA–RAND Center for Law and Public Policy held a conference to examine the depth of the resourcing problem and identify policy options and practical steps to mitigate the challenges.

May 26, 2017
Commentary

Discount Justice: Fiscal Austerity and State Courts

Budget cuts at the state court level can mean courthouse closures, hiring freezes and layoffs, leading to longer wait times for the public. Educating the public about the role and importance of the state courts is key to preventing more budget cuts in the future.

Apr 18, 2017
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Fostering Innovation in the U.S. Court System

The court system needs to adapt to today's challenges and respond to new opportunities. Identifying high-priority needs provides a menu of innovation options for addressing key problems or capitalizing on emerging opportunities.

May 10, 2016
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How Did the Financial Crisis Affect the U.S. Civil Justice System?

A preliminary assessment of the impact of the financial crisis on the civil justice system finds that litigation demands on some parts of the system have increased, that funding for state courts may be trending downward, and that there have been disruptions in the legal services economy, in the provision of legal aid, and in the operation and staffing of courts.

Mar 5, 2012
News Release

News Release

RAND Researchers Recommend Reform Of California's Workers' Compensation Courts; Many Recommendations Being Adopted

Media Resources RAND Office of Media Relations (703) 413-1100, ext. 5117 (310) 451-6913 media@rand.org View the Study . FOR RELEASE Wednesday April 2, 2003 The system that resolves workers' compensation disputes in California is failing to provide the swift justice required by law and needs to be reformed, according ...

Apr 2, 2003
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Improving Dispute Resolution for California's Injured Workers

Analyzes the causes of delays, high cost, and inconsistency in the California workers' compensation courts.

Jan 1, 2003
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Strategies for Reducing Civil Delay in Los Angeles Superior Court: Technical Appendixes

Contains the technical appendixes to R-3762, which presents findings about the causes of civil case delay in the Los Angeles Superior Court and proposes strategies for attacking the problem.

Jan 1, 1990
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Averting Gridlock: Strategies for Reducing Civil Delay in the Los Angeles Superior Court

Delay in the disposition of civil cases in the Los Angeles Superior Court is a severe problem. Litigants who want a jury trial must now typically wait five years from the time they file their cases for the trials to begin.

Jan 1, 1990
Research Brief

Research Brief

Civil Delay in Federal Courts: Is It Getting Worse?

This research brief describes an analysis of trends in civil caseloads, time to disposition, and patterns of case resolution in the federal district court system.

Jan 1, 1990
Research Brief

Research Brief

Civil Trial Delay in the Los Angeles Superior Court: Breaking the Gridlock

This research brief describes the delay in Los Angeles Superior Court civil trials and suggests long-term options for speeding up the court process.

Jan 1, 1990
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Managing the Unmanageable: A History of Civil Delay in the Los Angeles Superior Court

This study of civil delay and congestion in the Los Angeles Superior Court since the early twentieth century is an effort to provide an empirical basis for determining the extent to which these problems have worsened over the years.

Jan 1, 1984
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Court Efforts to Reduce Pretrial Delay: A National Inventory

This report is an inventory of state and local trial court procedures to reduce pretrial delay of civil cases. It lists and describes techniques employed by the courts to combat pretrial delay in all 50 state court systems,...

Jan 1, 1981
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Court Efforts to Reduce Pretrial Delay: A National Inventory: Executive Summary

This is an executive summary of R-2732.

Jan 1, 1981
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Quantitative Models of Criminal Courts.

Severe problems of congestion and delay have existed in both criminal and civil courts throughout the country for many years. Only in the last few years, however, have the techniques of operations research been applied to the effective administratio...

Jan 1, 1971