1. Ostrom, Brian J., Hairston, Steven E., Way, Karen G. and Flango, Carol R. 1994.State Court Caseload Statistics: Annual Report, 1992, XiiWilliamsburg, Virginia: National Center for State Courts. The author's edxerience in judicial administration has been predominantly in the state courts. Therefore, this article focuses on state courts, not federal. State courts handle well over 90% of all judicial business in this country
2. United States Constitution, arts. I, 11, & 111. A similar division of government into three equal but distinct branches is found in each states' constitution.
3. The chief administrative judge in trial courts has different titles in different states. In most states the title used is chief judge or presiding judge. This article henceforth will refer to the chief judge. The reader should recognize, however, that in many judges' eyes, the title is more an honorarium than a title carrying real authority.