NATIONAL SURVEY OF COURT ORGANIZATION - 1977 SUPPLEMENT TO STATE JUDICIAL SYSTEMS, 1977

• NCJ Number: 40022
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 15 pages
• Corporate Author: National Criminal Justice Information & Statistics Service
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS REPORT DESCRIBES THE COURT SYSTEMS OF FIVE STATES THAT HAVE HAD A MAJOR COURT REORGANIZATION BETWEEN FEBRUARY 1, 1975, AND JANUARY 31, 1977: ALABAMA, INDIANA, IOWA, KANSAS, AND KENTUCKY.

Abstract

IT SUPPLEMENTS BUT DOES NOT SUPERSEDE THE NATIONAL SURVEY OF COURT ORGANIZATION (NCJ-11427), PUBLISHED IN FEBRUARY 1974, AND THE NATIONAL SURVEY OF COURT ORGANIZATION: 1975 SUPPLEMENT TO STATE JUDICIAL SYSTEMS (NCJ-29433). IN FOUR OF THE FIVE STATES (ALABAMA, INDIANA, KANSAS, AND KENTUCKY), THE OBJECTIVE OF THE REORGANIZATION WAS TO STREAMLINE THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM, PRIMARILY BY THE ELIMINATION OF ALL OR SOME OF THE LIMITED AND SPECIAL JURISDICTION COURTS. IOWA, THE FIFTH STATE, WHICH ABOLISHED ALL OF ITS LIMITED AND SPECIAL JURISDICTION COURTS IN 1973 (SEE 1975 SUPPLEMENT), ALSO CREATED AN INTERMEDIATE APPELLATE COURT, BRINGING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF STATES WITH SUCH COURTS TO 27. OHIO, WHICH WAS OMITTED FROM THE 1975 SUPPLEMENT, IS ALSO INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT. THE EFFECT OF THESE CHANGES ON THE NAMES AND NUMBER OF COURT SYSTEMS AND COURTS IS SUMMARIZED IN THREE TABLES, AND THE CHANGES ARE DESCRIBED IN DETAIL FOR EACH STATE. THE NAME, ADDRESS, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER OF THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR IN EACH OF THE 50 STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ARE LISTED IN AN APPENDIX. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT) (SNI ABSTRACT)...PLO