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Copyright © 1999, Congressional Information
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2000 CIS H 52150
TITLE:
Multidistrict, Multiparty, Multiforum Trial Jurisdiction Act of 1999 and Federal
Courts Improvement Act of 1999
CIS-NO: 2000-H521-50
SOURCE:
Committee on the Judiciary. House
DOC-TYPE: Hearing Retrieve
the full text of testimony
DATE: June 16, 1999
LENGTH:
iii+89 p.
CONG-SESS: 106-1
ITEM-NO: 1020-A; 1020-B
SUDOC: Y4.J89/1:106/24
MC-ENTRY-NO: 2000-13232
CIS
DOCUMENT ON DEMAND: 1-800-227-2477 (Full Text Reproductions)
INCLUDED
IN LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF: P.L.
106-518
SUMMARY:
Committee Serial No. 24.
Hearing before the Subcom on Courts and Intellectual Property to consider the
following bills:
H.R. 1752 (text, p. 2-14), the Federal
Courts Improvement Act of 1999, to amend the Federal Magistrates Act, the
Contract Services for Drug Dependent Federal Offenders Treatment Act of 1978,
and the Civil Justice Reform Act of 1990 to make miscellaneous revisions in the
operation and administration of Federal courts, including provisions expanding
the authority of Federal magistrate judges.
H.R. 2112
(text, p. 14-17), the Multidistrict, Multiparty, Multiforum Trial Jurisdiction
Act of 1999, to allow a designated Federal district court to retain jurisdiction
over cases referred to it which share the same factual background for purposes
of determining liability and punitive damages, or to return such cases to the
courts from which they were transferred; and to revise the jurisdiction of
Federal district courts over complex multidistrict litigation arising from a
single accident resulting in multiple deaths or injuries.
Supplementary material (p. 50-51, 85-89) includes correspondence.
CONTENT-NOTATION: Fed courts ops and admin,
miscellaneous revisions; multidist accident litigation and multidist litigation
transferred to Fed courts, jurisdiction revisions
BILLS: 106
H.R. 1752; 106
H.R. 2112
DESCRIPTORS:
JUDICIAL REFORM; FEDERAL COURTS IMPROVEMENT ACT; FEDERAL
MAGISTRATES ACT; CONTRACT SERVICES FOR DRUG DEPENDENT FEDERAL OFFENDERS
TREATMENT ACT; CIVIL JUSTICE REFORM ACT; JUDGES; GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY;
ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE; MULTIDISTRICT, MULTIPARTY, MULTIFORUM TRIAL
JURISDICTION ACT; FEDERAL DISTRICT COURTS; JURISDICTION; LIABILITY; LAWSUITS;
JUDGMENTS, CIVIL PROCEDURE; ACCIDENTS AND ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CLASS
ACTION LAWSUITS
00-H521-50 TESTIMONY NO: 1
June 16, 1999 p. 21-49
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
SCHLESINGER, HARVEY F. (Judge, U.S. District Court, Middle
District of Florida; representing Judicial Conference of the U.S)
ROSEN, JOEL B. (Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court,
District of New Jersey; representing Federal Magistrate Judges Association)
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
Perspectives on
selected provisions of H.R. 1752; sectional analysis of H.R. 1752.
CONTENT NOTATION:
Fed courts ops and admin,
miscellaneous revisions
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
FEDERAL MAGISTRATE JUDGES ASSOCIATION; JUDICIAL CONFERENCE
OF THE U.S.
00-H521-50 TESTIMONY NO: 2
June 16, 1999 p. 52-83
WITNESSES (and witness
notations):
NANGLE, JOHN F. (Senior Judge, U.S. District
Court, Eastern District of Missouri; representing Judicial Panel on
Multidistrict Litigation)
MCLAUGHLIN, THOMAS J. (attorney,
representing Boeing Co)
WOLFMAN, BRIAN (Staff Attorney,
Public Citizen Litigation Group)
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
Issues involved in H.R. 2112; differing views on H.R.
2112.
CONTENT NOTATION:
Multidist accident
litigation and multidist litigation transferred to Fed courts, jurisdiction
revisions
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
BOEING
CO.; JUDICIAL PANEL ON MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION
LOAD-DATE: July 6, 2001 
