MINNESOTA - STUDY OF THE CIVIL CALENDAR MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF HENNEPIN COUNTY MINNESOTA

• NCJ Number: 8215
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1971
• Length: 56 pages
• Corporate Author: University of Denver
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

ANALYSIS OF THE DYNAMICS OF PROCESSING CIVIL CASES AND ELEMENTS ESSENTIAL TO CIVIL CALENDAR MANAGEMENT, WITH DEFINITION OF AN EFFECTIVE STUDY METHODOLOGY.

Abstract

THE COURT APPEARED TO BE REASONABLY EFFICIENT WHEN COMPARED WITH OTHER METROPOLITAN COURTS STUDIED. IT WAS FOUND TO HAVE A DECLINING BACKLOG OF CIVIL CASES. SEVERAL SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER IMPROVEMENT WERE MADE. FOR MAXIMUM SUCCESS IN CALENDAR MANAGEMENT, THE ENTIRE BENCH SHOULD BE COMMITTED TO THE PRINCIPLE THAT THE COURT RATHER THAN THE BAR CONTROLS THE PROGRESS OF CASES THROUGH COURT. AT THE SAME TIME, THE COURT AS A WHOLE MUST SET PERFORMANCE GOALS FOR THE DISPOSITION OF CASES AND SET UP A SYSTEM FOR MONITORING SUCH GOALS. ANOTHER SUGGESTION WAS THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR SHOULD EXPAND AND MODIFY THE STATISTICS WHICH HAD ALREADY BEEN COLLECTED. (AUTHOR MODIFIED)