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Title 28 - Judiciary and Judicial Procedure
Part I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS (§§ 1 - 482)
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Publication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS |
Contains | sections 1 to 482 |
Date | 2011 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 3, 2012 |
Positive Law | Yes |
Disposition | standard |
- Table Of Contents
- Front Matter
- Chapter 1 - SUPREME COURT (§§ 1 - 6)
- Chapter 3 - COURTS OF APPEALS (§§ 41 - 49)
- Table Of Contents
- Front Matter
- Section 41 - Number and composition of circuits
- Section 42 - Allotment of Supreme Court justices to circuits
- Section 43 - Creation and composition of courts
- Section 44 - Appointment, tenure, residence and salary of circuit judges
- Section 45 - Chief judges; precedence of judges
- Section 46 - Assignment of judges; panels; hearings; quorum
- Section 47 - Disqualification of trial judge to hear appeal
- Section 48 - Terms of court
- Section 49 - Assignment of judges to division to appoint independent counsels
- Chapter 5 - DISTRICT COURTS (§§ 81 - 144)
- Table Of Contents
- Front Matter
- Section 81 - Alabama
- Section 81A - Alaska
- Section 82 - Arizona
- Section 83 - Arkansas
- Section 84 - California
- Section 85 - Colorado
- Section 86 - Connecticut
- Section 87 - Delaware
- Section 88 - District of Columbia
- Section 89 - Florida
- Section 90 - Georgia
- Section 91 - Hawaii
- Section 92 - Idaho
- Section 93 - Illinois
- Section 94 - Indiana
- Section 95 - Iowa
- Section 96 - Kansas
- Section 97 - Kentucky
- Section 98 - Louisiana
- Section 99 - Maine
- Section 100 - Maryland
- Section 101 - Massachusetts
- Section 102 - Michigan
- Section 103 - Minnesota
- Section 104 - Mississippi
- Section 105 - Missouri
- Section 106 - Montana
- Section 107 - Nebraska
- Section 108 - Nevada
- Section 109 - New Hampshire
- Section 110 - New Jersey
- Section 111 - New Mexico
- Section 112 - New York
- Section 113 - North Carolina
- Section 114 - North Dakota
- Section 115 - Ohio
- Section 116 - Oklahoma
- Section 117 - Oregon
- Section 118 - Pennsylvania
- Section 119 - Puerto Rico
- Section 120 - Rhode Island
- Section 121 - South Carolina
- Section 122 - South Dakota
- Section 123 - Tennessee
- Section 124 - Texas
- Section 125 - Utah
- Section 126 - Vermont
- Section 127 - Virginia
- Section 128 - Washington
- Section 129 - West Virginia
- Section 130 - Wisconsin
- Section 131 - Wyoming
- Section 132 - Creation and composition of district courts
- Section 133 - Appointment and number of district judges
- Section 134 - Tenure and residence of district judges
- Section 135 - Salaries of district judges
- Section 136 - Chief judges; precedence of district judges
- Section 137 - Division of business among district judges
- Section 138 - Terms abolished
- Section 139 - Times for holding regular sessions
- Section 140 - Adjournment
- Section 141 - Special sessions; places; notice
- Section 142 - Repealed. Pub. L. 97-164, title I, §115(c)(3), Apr. 2, 1982, 96 Stat. 32
- Section 143 - Vacant judgeship as affecting proceedings
- Section 144 - Bias or prejudice of judge
- Chapter 6 - BANKRUPTCY JUDGES (§§ 151 - 159)
- Table Of Contents
- Front Matter
- Section 151 - Designation of bankruptcy courts
- Section 152 - Appointment of bankruptcy judges
- Section 153 - Salaries; character of service
- Section 154 - Division of businesses; chief judge
- Section 155 - Temporary transfer of bankruptcy judges
- Section 156 - Staff; expenses
- Section 157 - Procedures
- Section 158 - Appeals
- Section 159 - Bankruptcy statistics
- Chapter 7 - UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS (§§ 171 - 180)
- Table Of Contents
- Front Matter
- Section 171 - Appointment and number of judges; character of court; designation of chief judge
- Section 172 - Tenure and salaries of judges
- Section 173 - Times and places of holding court
- Section 174 - Assignment of judges; decisions
- Section 175 - Official duty station; residence
- Section 176 - Removal from office
- Section 177 - Disbarment of removed judges
- Section 178 - Retirement of judges of the Court of Federal Claims
- Section 179 - Personnel application and insurance programs
- Section 180 - Repealed. Pub. L. 106-398, §1 [[div. A
- Chapter 9 - REPEALED (§§ 211 - 216)
- Chapter 11 - COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE (§§ 251 - 258)
- Table Of Contents
- Front Matter
- Section 251 - Appointment and number of judges; offices
- Section 252 - Tenure and salaries of judges
- Section 253 - Duties of chief judge
- Section 254 - Single-judge trials
- Section 255 - Three-judge trials
- Section 256 - Trials at ports other than New York
- Section 257 - Publication of decisions
- Section 258 - Chief judges; precedence of judges
- Chapter 13 - ASSIGNMENT OF JUDGES TO OTHER COURTS (§§ 291 - 297)
- Table Of Contents
- Front Matter
- Section 291 - Circuit judges
- Section 292 - District judges
- Section 293 - Judges of the Court of International Trade
- Section 294 - Assignment of retired Justices or judges to active duty
- Section 295 - Conditions upon designation and assignment
- Section 296 - Powers upon designation and assignment
- Section 297 - Assignment of judges to courts of the freely associated compact states
- Chapter 15 - CONFERENCES AND COUNCILS OF JUDGES (§§ 331 - 335)
- Table Of Contents
- Front Matter
- Section 331 - Judicial Conference of the United States
- Section 332 - Judicial councils of circuits
- Section 333 - Judicial conferences of circuits
- Section 334 - Institutes and joint councils on sentencing
- Section 335 - Judicial Conference of the Court of International Trade
- Chapter 16 - COMPLAINTS AGAINST JUDGES AND JUDICIAL DISCIPLINE (§§ 351 - 364)
- Table Of Contents
- Section 351 - Complaints; judge defined
- Section 352 - Review of complaint by chief judge
- Section 353 - Special committees
- Section 354 - Action by judicial council
- Section 355 - Action by Judicial Conference
- Section 356 - Subpoena power
- Section 357 - Review of orders and actions
- Section 358 - Rules
- Section 359 - Restrictions
- Section 360 - Disclosure of information
- Section 361 - Reimbursement of expenses
- Section 362 - Other provisions and rules not affected
- Section 363 - Court of Federal Claims, Court of International Trade, Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- Section 364 - Effect of felony conviction
- Chapter 17 - RESIGNATION AND RETIREMENT OF JUSTICES AND JUDGES (§§ 371 - 377)
- Table Of Contents
- Front Matter
- Section 371 - Retirement on salary; retirement in senior status
- Section 372 - Retirement for disability; substitute judge on failure to retire
- Section 373 - Judges in territories and possessions
- Section 374 - Residence of retired judges; official station
- Section 375 - Recall of certain judges and magistrate judges
- Section 376 - Annuities for survivors of certain judicial officials of the United States
- Section 377 - Retirement of bankruptcy judges and magistrate judges
- Chapter 19 - DISTRIBUTION OF REPORTS AND DIGESTS (§§ 411 - 415)
- Table Of Contents
- Front Matter
- Section 411 - Supreme Court reports; printing, binding, and distribution
- Section 412 - Sale of Supreme Court reports
- Section 413 - Publications; distribution to courts
- Section 414 - Transmittal of books to successors
- Section 415 - Repealed. Pub. L. 97-164, title I, §113, Apr. 2, 1982, 96 Stat. 29
- Chapter 21 - GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COURTS AND JUDGES (§§ 451 - 463)
- Table Of Contents
- Front Matter
- Section 451 - Definitions
- Section 452 - Courts always open; powers unrestricted by expiration of sessions
- Section 453 - Oaths of justices and judges
- Section 454 - Practice of law by justices and judges
- Section 455 - Disqualification of justice, judge, or magistrate judge
- Section 456 - Traveling expenses of justices and judges; official duty stations
- Section 457 - Records; obsolete papers
- Section 458 - Relative of justice or judge ineligible to appointment
- Section 459 - Administration of oaths and acknowledgments
- Section 460 - Application to other courts
- Section 461 - Adjustments in certain salaries
- Section 462 - Court accommodations
- Section 463 - Expenses of litigation
- Chapter 23 - CIVIL JUSTICE EXPENSE AND DELAY REDUCTION PLANS (§§ 471 - 482)
- Table Of Contents
- Section 471 - Requirement for a district court civil justice expense and delay reduction plan
- Section 472 - Development and implementation of a civil justice expense and delay reduction plan
- Section 473 - Content of civil justice expense and delay reduction plans
- Section 474 - Review of district court action
- Section 475 - Periodic district court assessment
- Section 476 - Enhancement of judicial information dissemination
- Section 477 - Model civil justice expense and delay reduction plan
- Section 478 - Advisory groups
- Section 479 - Information on litigation management and cost and delay reduction
- Section 480 - Training programs
- Section 481 - Automated case information
- Section 482 - Definitions
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