This increase in population and commercial activity necessarily has brought about a tremendous increase in the business of the courts which is not altogether reflected in bare statistics. The tremendous amount of tourist business has burdened the Miami division of the Southern district which is responsible for all cases from Fort Pierce. including West Palm Beach and Fort Lauderdale to Key West. with an inordinate number of diversity of citizenship cases. The increase of international air traffic. both passenger and freight. has increased the work of the court in immigration and custom matters. For example. as late as 1950. one judge sitting on two separate days could very effectively dispose of all -of the naturalization petitions filed in the Miami division. So far in 1953. one judge has devoted a total of 3 days to hearing immigration petitions and it is anticipated that at least 2 more days time. this year. will be needed. At the present time. the trial of civil jury cases in the Miami division is some 2 years behind. For example. on February 27. 1953. the civil jury trial docket was sounded.
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