Subject: Re: Access to Special Masters' reports
Date: Feb 18, 2005 @ 14:18
Author: aletheiak ("aletheiak" <aletheiak@...>)
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--- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Lowell G. McManus"
<mcmanus71496@m...> wrote:
> Reports of Special Masters in all US federal courts are covered
by this rule:
> _____
>
> Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
> Rule 53 -- Masters
> (e) Report.
> (1) Contents and Filing. The master shall prepare a report
upon the matters
> submitted to the master by the order of reference and, if
required to make
> findings of fact and conclusions of law, the master shall set
them forth in the
> report. The master shall file the report with the clerk of the court
and serve
> on all parties notice of the filing. In an action to be tried without
a jury,
> unless otherwise directed by the order of reference, the master
shall file with
> the report a transcript of the proceedings and of the evidence
and the original
> exhibits. Unless otherwise directed by the order of reference,
the master shall
> serve a copy of the report on each party.
> _____
>
> So, the report becomes part of the case file. Great!

good going

> The Supreme Court has original jurisdiction in all suits
between states.
> Records of all original-jurisdiction cases between 1792 and
1993 are found in
> Record Group 267.3.3 at the National Archives Building in
Washington. The
> records within the Record Group are filed by case.
>
> The case is "State of New Jersey v. State of Delaware." The
Special Master was
> appointed in January 1930 (280 U.S. 529). His report had
been filed by 1934.
> In its decision on February 5, 1934 (291 U.S. 361), the Court
said that the
> report would be confirmed and the decree would be entered
accordingly. The
> Court approved the report and overruled all objections to it in
the decree,
> which came on June 3, 1935 (295 U.S. 694). The case file is
probably huge, but
> there's only one such report in it.
>
> So, if anyone in or near Washington wants to volunteer, we
now know where to
> look.

hahahahaha
i am trying to be very nice to him in hopes that he will want to
sooner than later
but i expect to be there for cherry blossoms in any case

> Lowell G. McManus
> Leesville, Louisiana, USA