Abstract
Among the outstanding accomplishments of Judge Joseph F. Weis, Jr. was his work chairing the Federal Court Study Committee. Appointed by Chief Justice Rehnquist at the direction of Congress, the committee undertook a fifteen month study of the problems in the federal court system. The final report was issued in 1990 and made a series of recommendations addressing a broad range of topics including tax jurisdiction, narcotics prosecutions, habeas cases, sentencing reform, disability adjudications, and diversity jurisdiction, which the committee recommended eliminating entirely...
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2024
Recommended Citation
Wendy C. Perdue, Supplemental Jurisdiction and § 1367: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, 85 U. Pitt. L. Rev. 1 (2024).
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