OMNIBUS JUDGESHIP BILL

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-FIFTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

S. 11, S. 460,

and printed amendments to S. 11

FEBRUARY 21 AND 22, MARCH 4 AND 14, AND APRIL 6, 1977

84-616 O

Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1977

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1977

Richard Stone, U.S. Senator from Florida__

Rowland Kirks, Director, Administrative Office of U.S. Courts_

John D. Butzner, Jr., Chairman, Judicial Conference Subcommittee on Ju-

dicial Statistics, accompanied by William E. Foley, Deputy Director,

Administrative Office of U.S. Courts, and David Cook, Assistant Chief,

Statistical Analysis and Report Branch, Administrative Office of U.S.

Courts

Henry S. Wise, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of

Illinois

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Peter Domenici, U.S. Senator from New Mexico_.

Harrison Schmitt, U.S. Senator from New Mexico__.

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H. Vearle Payne, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court of New Mexico__--

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1977

Edward M. Kennedy, U.S. Senator from Massachusetts-

Walter D. Huddleston, U.S. Senator from Kentucky---

Wendell Ford, U.S. Senator from Kentucky-

Bernard T. Moynahan, Jr., Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, Eastern Dis-

trict of Kentucky----

James Abourezk, U.S. Senator from South Dakota..

Fred Nichol, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court of South Dakota_.

William C. Stuart, U.S. District Judge, Southern District of Iowa..

Edward S. Northrop, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court of Maryland.

Mark O. Hatfield, U.S. Senator from Oregon----

Otto R. Skopil, Jr., Chief Judge, U.S. District Court of Oregon___

James R. Browning, Chief Judge, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals____

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166 and 174

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FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 1977

Russell B. Long, U.S. Senator from Louisiana__

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Frederick J. R. Heebe, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, Eastern District

of Louisiana...

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ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

Dewey F. Bartlett and Henry L. Bellmon, U.S. Senators from Oklahoma..

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Birch Bayh, U.S. Senator from Indiana..

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Lloyd Bentsen, U.S. Senator from Texas..

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Robert C. Byrd, U.S. Senator from West Virginia... -

John C. Culver, U.S. Senator from Iowa.--.

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Jake Garn, U.S. Senator from Utah...

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