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The Judges of the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict LitigationTracey E. GeorgeVanderbilt University - Law School Margaret S. WilliamsFederal Judicial Center; Visiting Scholar July 10, 2013 Vanderbilt Law and Economics Research Paper No. 13-25 Abstract: The United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (or "MDL Panel") is one of a small number of special federal courts created pursuant to Article III by Congress and staffed by a Chief-Justice-appointed group of Article III judges for limited terms. The MDL Panel is a powerful judicial institution with substantial discretion over complex litigation in the United States. For all practical purposes, it controls where many of the most far-reaching and significant private civil actions will be resolved which can affect procedural and substantive rights of the parties. An understanding of who has served on the MDL Panel would shed light on both its structure and its decisions. In this article, we provided an analysis of the composition of the Panel, as well as comparing Panel appointments by the Chief Justice to those of the Judicial Conference Committees.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 20 Keywords: Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, MDL, Chief Justice, Judicial Conference JEL Classification: K00, K41 Date posted: August 13, 2013 ; Last revised: October 30, 2013Suggested CitationContact Information
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