Legal Opinion
In Re Bituminous Coal Operators' Association, Inc
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided December 10, 1991No. 91-5276PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge RUTH B. GINSBURG.
RUTH BADER GINSBURG, Circuit Judge:
Under the pressure of a docket crowded with criminal drug prosecutions, the district judge, over the defendant’s objection, referred an apparently urgent and contentious civil controversy to a special master, virtually for all purposes. We hold that the blanket reference, which included trial of the issues of liability, was beyond the district court's authority to order. We therefore instruct the district judge to revise the order of reference to reserve for himself, and not delegate to the…
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