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11 Third Branch 1 (1979)

handle is hein.journals/thirdbran11 and id is 1 raw text is: Sulletin of the iCourts Pubheld by the Admrinistratei Office of the U.S. Courts and the Federal J LIBRARIANS SEMINAR SCHEDULED FOR MARCH Librarians from federal courts across the nation will convene in Washington, D. C., March 19- 21, 1979, for the second Center- sponsored seminar for federal court librarians. The last seminar was held in 1973. About 40 participants, librarians who perform full-time professional services and who are nominated by the chief judges of the circuit and district courts are expected to attend. The program is being planned by Center staff in the Education and Training and Inter-Judicial Affairs and Information Services Divisions in cooper- ation with the Library Services Branch at the Administrative Office. Technological advances of interest to court librarians will See LIBRARIANS p. 5 COURT MANAGEMENT STATISTICS RELEASED BY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE The Administrative Office of the United States Courts has released the 1978 edition of Management Statistics for United States Courts. The report presents key workload and performance statistics for each court of appeals and each district court for the statistical years ending June 30, 1973 through 1978. Statistical profiles for the United States courts of appeals show overall workload statistics in terms of appeals filed, terminated and pending. Figures are also shown in per panel terms, obtained by dividing the total caseload figures by the number of authorized three-judge panels. In addition, opinions per See STATISTICS p. 4 udici C ,ter JANUARY, 1979 IMPLEMENTATION OF REVISED BANKRUPTCY ACT COMMENCED When the revised Bankruptcy Act became law last November The Chief Justice, the Director of the Administrative Office and the Director of the Federal Judicial Center started work on their involvement in the implementation process. Some major announcements in con- nection with these implementa- tion plans have now been made. Provisions of the Act call for The Chief Justice to appoint an Advisory Committee on Bank- ruptcy Rules These appoint- merts have been made and the members are: Ruggero J. Aldisert, Chairman U.S. Circuit Judge United States Court of Appeals Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania See BANKRUPTCY p. 4 WARREN OLNEY, III, SECOND DIRECTOR ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE, EULOGIZED Warren Olney, ill, Director of the Administrative Office from January 1958 to October 1967, died in Berkeley, California, on December 20 after a long illness. Mr. Olney's death marked the end of a long and illustrious career which included a number of high positions in both public service and private practile. Mr. Olney, a native Ca- ifornian, was the son of Associate Justice Warren Olney, Jr., who served on the Supreme Court of California; his mother, the former Mary McLean, was Dean of Women at both Pomona College and Stanford Universit. Aner attending public schools in California, Warren Olney went on toearn his.A.B. and J.D. degrees at the University of California and was admitted to the California Bar in 1927. immediately following this he served for two years as Deputy District Attorney of Contra Costa County in California, beginning a career of public service which SEE OLNEY p. 2 VOL 11 No. 1 WARREN OLNEY. III

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