2004 Judicial Business [Ad. Office US Courts]

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2004 Judicial Business [Ad. Office US Courts]

March 15, 2005 11:35:00 pm

2004 Judicial Business of the United States Courts, Administrative Office of the US Courts, March 15, 2005 [reporting an all-time high of 62,762 appeals filed in federal Courts of Appeals during 2004, up 3 percent from the previous year]. Read the full text of the report as posted here. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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