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1997 Rep. Advisory Comm. on Civ. Rules 1 (1997)

handle is hein.usfed/adcvru0030 and id is 1 raw text is: COMMITTEE ON RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE OF THE JUDICIAL CONFERENCE OFTHE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, D.C. 20544 ALICEMARIE H. STOTLER CHAIRS OF ADVISORY COMMITTEES CHAIR JAMES K. LOGAN PETER G. McCABE APPELLATE RULES SECRETARY ADRIAN G. DUPLANTIER BANKRUPTCY RULES PAUL V. NIEMEYER CIVIL RULES D. LOWELL JENSEN CRIMINAL RULES FERN M. SMITH EVIDENCE RULES To: Honorable Alicemarie H. Stotler, Chair, Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure From: Paul V. Niemeyer, Chair, Advisory Committee on Civil Rules Date: May 21, 1997 Re: Report of the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules I Introduction The Advisory Committee on Civil Rules met on March 20 and 21, 1997, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The Advisory Committee met again on May 1 and 2, 1997, in Naples, Florida. A brief summary of the topics considered at these meetings is provided in this Introduction. Part II recommends that this Committee transmit to the Judicial Conference, with a recommendation for adoption, two amendments of Civil Rule 23 dealing with class actions. Part III(A) describes the progress of the Advisory Committee's deliberations with respect to the other proposed Rule 23 amendments published for comment in August, 1996. Part III(B) describes a few additional Rule 23 proposals that have emerged from the public comment period and that have been placed on the Committee's Rule 23 agenda. Part III(C) briefly describes the continuing work of the Discovery Subcommittee, while Part III(D) notes a habeas corpus issue that calls for joint consideration by the Civil and Criminal Rules Committees. The March meeting was held in conjunction with the American Bar Association CJRA Implementation Conference. Advisory Committee members attended the plenary sessions of the Conference, and met separately to conduct Committee and subcommittee business. The

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