How can information in management reports be used to guide the handling of cases?
Appellate case management information guides the handling of cases by differentiating among cases and showing how case types relate to a variable of interest (e.g., timeliness). For example, if the reports classify cases according to the nature of the underlying trial court proceedings, they might show that the average overall resolution time is shorter for guilty pleas in criminal cases and summary judgment motions in civil cases than from bench trials in criminal and civil cases. Moreover, the reports might indicate appeals from bench trials took less time than cases arising from jury trials to resolve in both criminal and civil cases.These relationships can be the basis for establishing a special expedited or accelerated calendar to resolve either summary-judgment-motion civil cases or guilty-plea criminal cases efficiently and consistently by having them on a single calendar. An aim of either a criminal or civil special calendar would be to reduce the average amount of time for cas
