Docket (court)

Docket (court)

A docket (abbreviated as dkt.) is the official summary of proceedings in a court of law.[1] The term originally referred to the large folio books in which clerks recorded all filings and court proceedings for each case.[2] Rules of civil procedure often state that the court clerk shall record certain information "on the docket" when a specific event occurs.[citation needed]

Today, in most industrialized countries, such records have been computerized and are kept in the form of databases.[citation needed]

In the United States, court dockets are considered to be a subset of the type of document known as public records. Many public records databases and directories also include references to court dockets. PACER (Public Access Court Electronic Records) is a fee based resource the Federal Courts use to house dockets and documents on all federal civil, criminal and bankruptcy cases.[citation needed]

The term is also sometimes used informally to refer to a court calendar, the schedule of the appearances, arguments and/or hearings scheduled for a court. It may also be used to refer to a court's caseload as a whole. Thus, either sense may be intended (depending upon the context) in the frequent use of the phrase "crowded dockets" by legal journalists and commentators.[citation needed]

Contents

Historical Usage

Docket was described in the The American and English encyclopedia of law as a courts summary, digest, or register. A usage note in this 1893 text warns that term docket and calendar are not synonymous.[3]

A 1910 law dictionary states the terms trial docket and calendar are synonymous.[4]

United States Supreme Court

In its meaning as calendar, the docket of the United States Supreme Court is different both in its composition and significance. The justices of the Supreme Court have almost complete discretion over the cases it chooses to hear. From the large number of cases which it receives, only 70 to 100 will be placed on the docket. The Solicitor General decides which cases to present on behalf of the federal government.[5]

See also

External links

Official court docket links

U.S. Supreme Court

U.S. Court of Appeals

U.S. Federal District Courts

Iowa

Unofficial

  • FreeDockets.com provides dockets for the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. district courts, the U.S. bankruptcy courts, the U.S. courts of appeals, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, and the U.S. Court of International Trade.

References

  1. ^ Sutton, John R. (1985). "The Juvenile Court and Social Welfare: Dynamics of Progressive Reform". Law & Society Review 19 (1): 107–146. JSTOR 3053396. 
  2. ^ Cockcroft, James; Garland, David Shephard; McGehee, Lucius Polk et al., eds (1896-1905). The American and English encyclopedia of law. 9 (2nd ed.). Edward Thompson company. OCLC 21556933. http://books.google.com/books?id=SdgUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA875&lpg=PA875&dq=court+%22a+docket+is%22&source=bl&ots=oD8iN0YFdP&sig=oCIPYDOVJTwveZW83WOCRPYjuFE&hl=en&ei=TWj4TYOiEOrv0gG1uvy0Cw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAzgK#v=onepage&q&f=false. 
  3. ^ Williams, Charles (1893). The American and English encyclopedia of law. Edward Thompson Company. http://books.google.com/books?id=SdgUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA875&dq=terminology+docket&hl=en&ei=A0T5TZ-UHYSugQeus6iVDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDwQ6AEwAQ#v=snippet&q=docket&f=false. 
  4. ^ Black, Henry Campbell (1910). A LAW DICTIONARY CONTAINING DEFINITIONS OF THE TERMS AND PHRASES OF AMERICAN AND ENGLISH JURISPRUDENCE ANCIENT AND MODERN. West Publishing. http://books.google.com/books?id=R2c8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA162&dq=terminology+docket&hl=en&ei=A0T5TZ-UHYSugQeus6iVDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CGgQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=docket&f=false. "The name of docket or trial docket sometimes given to the list or calendar causes set to be tried at a specified term prepared by the clerks for the use of the and bar" 
  5. ^ Scardino, Franco (2009). The Complete Idiot's Guide to U.S. Government and Politics. Alpha. ISBN 978-1592578535. 

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