Memorandum

To:	All Judges
From:	William L. Martin, III
Subject:	Report of Administrator/Clerk
Date:	October 9, 1997

Attached please find a copy of my report for this month. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.

REPORT OF ADMINISTRATOR/CLERK

October 9, 1997

1.	ORAL ARGUMENT REPORT:

Attached please find the monthly oral argument report. This is the last report for this year. It gives the number and percent of oral argument requests, granted and denied through November 1997.

2.	FLOWER FUND REPORT:

Attached please find a report of the activity of the Court of Appeals Flower Fund. I have received dues from all but one judge for this year's flower fund.

Balance brought forward 5/30/97	$157.71

Deposits	$270.00	Balance:	$397.71

Check Number 109 ( Lorentzson ) $56.43	Total checks: $56.43 Balance as of 9/30/97	$371.28.

3.	CASELOAD REPORT:

Attached please find a caseload summary of filings for the Court of Appeals from 1987 to 1997. The average number of cases per judge for 1997 is divided by 10 on direct appeals and average cases per judge, however, the average cases per judge for applications is based on 9 judges since the chief judge is not assigned applications.

4.	IOM CHANGES:

Attached are two proposed IOM changes which have been discussed by the Court along with their cover memoranda. The first under the cover of the February 19th memorandum discusses the assignment to a judge under a division when the chief judge is disqualified. The second, under the July 24th memorandum, deals with overruling prior decisions of this Court if a senior judge is serving on the panel in place of a judge who participated in the opinion of the case being overruled.