Civil Litigation Management Manual (Second Edition)  (English, Paperback, Conference of the United States The Judicial)

After the passage of the Civil Justice Reform Act of 1990 (CJRA), and the judiciary's implementation of the requirements of that Act, the Judicial Conference stated that "[t]he federal judiciary is committed to, and believes in, sound case management to reduce unnecessary cost and delay in civil litigation, and thus ensure the 'just, speedy, and inexpensive' determination of civil actions called for in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure." It has been shown that managed cases will settle earlier and more efficiently, and will provide a greater sense of justice to all participants. Even in the absence of settlement, the result will be a more focused trial, increased jury comprehension, and a more efficient and efficacious use of our scarcest institutional resource, judge time.