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1971 Rep. Advisory Comm. on Civ. Rules 1 (1971)

handle is hein.usfed/adcvru0015 and id is 1 raw text is: COMMITTEE ON RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE OP THE JUDICIAL CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED STATES SUPR.EME COURT BUILDING WASHINGTON, D. C. 20544 ALBERT B. MARIS OJCer O V?.'OR ,C FT; TT;. CHAIRMAN e CIVIL RULES WILLIAM E. FOLEY PHILLIP FORMAN S ECRETARY BANKRUPTCY RULES JOHN C. PICKETT CRIMINAL RULES To: Committee on Rules WALTER L. POPE ADMIRALTY RULES From: Advisory Committee on Civil Rules E. BARRIETTPRETTYMAN ALBERT E. JENNER. JR. Subject: September 1971 Report RULES OF EVIDENCE The Advisory Committee on Civil Rules met in Washington, D.C., on September 21st, 1971. 1. The Committee unanimously adopted the following resolution: Whereas, the Judicial Conference has approved in principle a reduction in the size of juries in civil trials in the District Courts of the United States and an accompanying diminution in the number of peremptory challenges to be allowed; and Whereas, the Conference has referred to the Committee on the Operation of the Jury System and this Committee the means of effectuating those ob- jectives, i.e., whether by procedural rule or statute; Therefore Be It Resolved that in the opinion of the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules the better method of effectuating the proposals would be by statute, and that the Judicial Conference be so in- formed. 2. The Committee instructed the reporter to begin studies in the following areas: a. The Operation of Rule 23 (Class Actions) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

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