Author: Cecelia Morris at ~2BK-NYS-NYC
    Date: 3/12/97  11:25 AM
Priority: Normal Receipt Requested
      TO: citation at AO-OCPPO
      CC: Cecelia Morris
 Subject: Uniform Citations

Appellate Court and Circuit Administration Division:
March 12, 1997

     At the present time, individual judges make independent decision 
as to which of their own opinions are to be published. Each judge 
then forwards the opinion to various publishing houses. The 
publishing houses then make independent assessments as to which area 
of law is being addressed in the opinion.

     Query -- In the example used, does jurisdiction mean bankruptcy 
courts, so the uniform citation is for all bankruptcy courts? Or does 
jurisdiction mean the bankruptcy court of a particular venue such as 
the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York?

     Numbering one court could possibly work -- multiple courts from 
coordinated locally would be hard. Sending the opinions to a 
national center first would create delay that might be unacceptable 
to the constituents. Actually having a court-wide decision numbering 
process will cause some delay.

     Query -- would it be the individual judges responsibility to 
note key areas discussed in the opinion?