NCJ Number
51783
Editor(s)
L NELSON,
G MORT
Date Published
1978
Length
372 pages
Annotation
THIS DIRECTORY OF TRIAL COURTS WAS COMPILED BY A COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR COURT ADMINISTRATORS, USING INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY THE COURT ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE IN EACH STATE LISTED.
Abstract
THIS FIRST ATTEMPT TO PRODUCE A NATIONWIDE DIRECTORY OF ALL TRIAL COURTS WITH THEIR COURT ADMINISTRATOR AND/OR CHIEF CLERK LISTS THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE STATE COURT ADMINISTRATOR AND EACH LEVEL OF TRIAL COURT FROM THE HIGHEST TO THE LOWEST FOR EACH STATE, AND WITHIN EACH LEVEL OF COURT INCLUDED, INDIVIDUAL COURTS ARE LISTED EITHER ALPHABETICALLY BY COUNTY OR CITY OR NUMERICALLY BY REGION OR DISTRICT. THE NAME OF THE CHIEF NONJUDICIAL ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER IS GIVEN FOR EVERY COURT. WHERE THE INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED, THE REGIONAL AND/OR DISTRICT COURT ADMINISTRATORS WITHIN A STATE ARE ALSO INCLUDED. SINCE A DIRECTORY OF APPELLATE COURTS AND CLERKS IS ALREADY AVAILABLE, THESE COURTS ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS DIRECTORY. NEITHER SPECIALTY COURTS, SUCH AS PROBATE AND JUVENILE COURTS, NOR LOWER LEVEL LIMITED JURISDICTION COURTS, SUCH AS PEACE COURTS, ARE LISTED BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT CONSIDERED TRIAL COURTS. THE TASK OF COMPILING THE DIRECTORY WAS COMPLICATED BY A NUMBER OF FACTORS: (1) BECAUSE STATE COURT SYSTEMS VARY WIDELY, THE SELECTION OF COURTS TO BE INCLUDED WAS DIFFICULT; (2) DATA WERE COLLECTED FROM ONLY ONE SOURCE--COURT ADMINISTRATORS; AND (3) INFORMATION WAS UNAVAILABLE ON SOME COURTS. IN SPITE OF THESE LIMITATIONS, THIS DIRECTORY IS A VALUABLE REFERENCE TOOL. NO INFORMATION ON THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS IS PRESENTED. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED--MGB)