Subject: Re: Access to Special Masters' reports
Date: Feb 18, 2005 @ 14:18
Author: aletheiak ("aletheiak" <aletheiak@...>)
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> Reports of Special Masters in all US federal courts are coveredby this rule:
> _____upon the matters
>
> Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
> Rule 53 -- Masters
> (e) Report.
> (1) Contents and Filing. The master shall prepare a report
> submitted to the master by the order of reference and, ifrequired to make
> findings of fact and conclusions of law, the master shall setthem forth in the
> report. The master shall file the report with the clerk of the courtand serve
> on all parties notice of the filing. In an action to be tried withouta jury,
> unless otherwise directed by the order of reference, the mastershall file with
> the report a transcript of the proceedings and of the evidenceand the original
> exhibits. Unless otherwise directed by the order of reference,the master shall
> serve a copy of the report on each party.good going
> _____
>
> So, the report becomes part of the case file. Great!
> The Supreme Court has original jurisdiction in all suitsbetween states.
> Records of all original-jurisdiction cases between 1792 and1993 are found in
> Record Group 267.3.3 at the National Archives Building inWashington. The
> records within the Record Group are filed by case.Special Master was
>
> The case is "State of New Jersey v. State of Delaware." The
> appointed in January 1930 (280 U.S. 529). His report hadbeen filed by 1934.
> In its decision on February 5, 1934 (291 U.S. 361), the Courtsaid that the
> report would be confirmed and the decree would be enteredaccordingly. The
> Court approved the report and overruled all objections to it inthe decree,
> which came on June 3, 1935 (295 U.S. 694). The case file isprobably huge, but
> there's only one such report in it.now know where to
>
> So, if anyone in or near Washington wants to volunteer, we
> look.hahahahaha
> Lowell G. McManus
> Leesville, Louisiana, USA