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Title 28 - Judiciary and Judicial Procedure (Sections 1 - 5001)
Part I - Organization of Courts (Sections 1 - 482)
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Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, 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 | 2015 |
Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 3, 2016 |
Positive Law | Yes |
Disposition | standard |
- Table of Contents
- Front Matter
- Chapter 1 - Supreme Court (Sections 1 - 6)
- Chapter 3 - Courts of Appeals (Sections 41 - 49)
- Table of Contents
- Front Matter
- Sec. 41 - Number and composition of circuits
- Sec. 42 - Allotment of Supreme Court justices to circuits
- Sec. 43 - Creation and composition of courts
- Sec. 44 - Appointment, tenure, residence and salary of circuit judges
- Sec. 45 - Chief judges; precedence of judges
- Sec. 46 - Assignment of judges; panels; hearings; quorum
- Sec. 47 - Disqualification of trial judge to hear appeal
- Sec. 48 - Terms of court
- Sec. 49 - Assignment of judges to division to appoint independent counsels
- Chapter 5 - District Courts (Sections 81 - 144)
- Table of Contents
- Front Matter
- Sec. 81 - Alabama
- Sec. 81A - Alaska
- Sec. 82 - Arizona
- Sec. 83 - Arkansas
- Sec. 84 - California
- Sec. 85 - Colorado
- Sec. 86 - Connecticut
- Sec. 87 - Delaware
- Sec. 88 - District of Columbia
- Sec. 89 - Florida
- Sec. 90 - Georgia
- Sec. 91 - Hawaii
- Sec. 92 - Idaho
- Sec. 93 - Illinois
- Sec. 94 - Indiana
- Sec. 95 - Iowa
- Sec. 96 - Kansas
- Sec. 97 - Kentucky
- Sec. 98 - Louisiana
- Sec. 99 - Maine
- Sec. 100 - Maryland
- Sec. 101 - Massachusetts
- Sec. 102 - Michigan
- Sec. 103 - Minnesota
- Sec. 104 - Mississippi
- Sec. 105 - Missouri
- Sec. 106 - Montana
- Sec. 107 - Nebraska
- Sec. 108 - Nevada
- Sec. 109 - New Hampshire
- Sec. 110 - New Jersey
- Sec. 111 - New Mexico
- Sec. 112 - New York
- Sec. 113 - North Carolina
- Sec. 114 - North Dakota
- Sec. 115 - Ohio
- Sec. 116 - Oklahoma
- Sec. 117 - Oregon
- Sec. 118 - Pennsylvania
- Sec. 119 - Puerto Rico
- Sec. 120 - Rhode Island
- Sec. 121 - South Carolina
- Sec. 122 - South Dakota
- Sec. 123 - Tennessee
- Sec. 124 - Texas
- Sec. 125 - Utah
- Sec. 126 - Vermont
- Sec. 127 - Virginia
- Sec. 128 - Washington
- Sec. 129 - West Virginia
- Sec. 130 - Wisconsin
- Sec. 131 - Wyoming
- Sec. 132 - Creation and composition of district courts
- Sec. 133 - Appointment and number of district judges
- Sec. 134 - Tenure and residence of district judges
- Sec. 135 - Salaries of district judges
- Sec. 136 - Chief judges; precedence of district judges
- Sec. 137 - Division of business among district judges
- Sec. 138 - Terms abolished
- Sec. 139 - Times for holding regular sessions
- Sec. 140 - Adjournment
- Sec. 141 - Special sessions; places; notice
- Sec. 142 - Repealed. Pub. L. 97-164, title I, §115(c)(3), Apr. 2, 1982, 96 Stat. 32
- Sec. 143 - Vacant judgeship as affecting proceedings
- Sec. 144 - Bias or prejudice of judge
- Chapter 6 - Bankruptcy Judges (Sections 151 - 159)
- Table of Contents
- Front Matter
- Sec. 151 - Designation of bankruptcy courts
- Sec. 152 - Appointment of bankruptcy judges
- Sec. 153 - Salaries; character of service
- Sec. 154 - Division of businesses; chief judge
- Sec. 155 - Temporary transfer of bankruptcy judges
- Sec. 156 - Staff; expenses
- Sec. 157 - Procedures
- Sec. 158 - Appeals
- Sec. 159 - Bankruptcy statistics
- Chapter 7 - United States Court of Federal Claims (Sections 171 - 180)
- Table of Contents
- Front Matter
- Sec. 171 - Appointment and number of judges; character of court; designation of chief judge
- Sec. 172 - Tenure and salaries of judges
- Sec. 173 - Times and places of holding court
- Sec. 174 - Assignment of judges; decisions
- Sec. 175 - Official duty station; residence
- Sec. 176 - Removal from office
- Sec. 177 - Disbarment of removed judges
- Sec. 178 - Retirement of judges of the Court of Federal Claims
- Sec. 179 - Personnel application and insurance programs
- Sec. 180 - Repealed. Pub. L. 106-398, §1 [[div. A
- Chapter 9 - Repealed (Sections 211 - 216)
- Chapter 11 - Court of International Trade (Sections 251 - 258)
- Table of Contents
- Front Matter
- Sec. 251 - Appointment and number of judges; offices
- Sec. 252 - Tenure and salaries of judges
- Sec. 253 - Duties of chief judge
- Sec. 254 - Single-judge trials
- Sec. 255 - Three-judge trials
- Sec. 256 - Trials at ports other than New York
- Sec. 257 - Publication of decisions
- Sec. 258 - Chief judges; precedence of judges
- Chapter 13 - Assignment of Judges to Other Courts (Sections 291 - 297)
- Table of Contents
- Front Matter
- Sec. 291 - Circuit judges
- Sec. 292 - District judges
- Sec. 293 - Judges of the Court of International Trade
- Sec. 294 - Assignment of retired Justices or judges to active duty
- Sec. 295 - Conditions upon designation and assignment
- Sec. 296 - Powers upon designation and assignment
- Sec. 297 - Assignment of judges to courts of the freely associated compact states
- Chapter 15 - Conferences and Councils of Judges (Sections 331 - 335)
- Chapter 16 - Complaints Against Judges and Judicial Discipline (Sections 351 - 364)
- Table of Contents
- Sec. 351 - Complaints; judge defined
- Sec. 352 - Review of complaint by chief judge
- Sec. 353 - Special committees
- Sec. 354 - Action by judicial council
- Sec. 355 - Action by Judicial Conference
- Sec. 356 - Subpoena power
- Sec. 357 - Review of orders and actions
- Sec. 358 - Rules
- Sec. 359 - Restrictions
- Sec. 360 - Disclosure of information
- Sec. 361 - Reimbursement of expenses
- Sec. 362 - Other provisions and rules not affected
- Sec. 363 - Court of Federal Claims, Court of International Trade, Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- Sec. 364 - Effect of felony conviction
- Chapter 17 - Resignation and Retirement of Justices and Judges (Sections 371 - 377)
- Table of Contents
- Front Matter
- Sec. 371 - Retirement on salary; retirement in senior status
- Sec. 372 - Retirement for disability; substitute judge on failure to retire
- Sec. 373 - Judges in territories and possessions
- Sec. 374 - Residence of retired judges; official station
- Sec. 375 - Recall of certain judges and magistrate judges
- Sec. 376 - Annuities for survivors of certain judicial officials of the United States
- Sec. 377 - Retirement of bankruptcy judges and magistrate judges
- Chapter 19 - Distribution of Reports and Digests (Sections 411 - 415)
- Table of Contents
- Front Matter
- Sec. 411 - Supreme Court reports; printing, binding, and distribution
- Sec. 412 - Sale of Supreme Court reports
- Sec. 413 - Publications; distribution to courts
- Sec. 414 - Transmittal of books to successors
- Sec. 415 - Repealed. Pub. L. 97-164, title I, §113, Apr. 2, 1982, 96 Stat. 29
- Chapter 21 - General Provisions Applicable to Courts and Judges (Sections 451 - 463)
- Table of Contents
- Front Matter
- Sec. 451 - Definitions
- Sec. 452 - Courts always open; powers unrestricted by expiration of sessions
- Sec. 453 - Oaths of justices and judges
- Sec. 454 - Practice of law by justices and judges
- Sec. 455 - Disqualification of justice, judge, or magistrate judge
- Sec. 456 - Traveling expenses of justices and judges; official duty stations
- Sec. 457 - Records; obsolete papers
- Sec. 458 - Relative of justice or judge ineligible to appointment
- Sec. 459 - Administration of oaths and acknowledgments
- Sec. 460 - Application to other courts
- Sec. 461 - Adjustments in certain salaries
- Sec. 462 - Court accommodations
- Sec. 463 - Expenses of litigation
- Chapter 23 - Civil Justice Expense and Delay Reduction Plans (Sections 471 - 482)
- Table of Contents
- Sec. 471 - Requirement for a district court civil justice expense and delay reduction plan
- Sec. 472 - Development and implementation of a civil justice expense and delay reduction plan
- Sec. 473 - Content of civil justice expense and delay reduction plans
- Sec. 474 - Review of district court action
- Sec. 475 - Periodic district court assessment
- Sec. 476 - Enhancement of judicial information dissemination
- Sec. 477 - Model civil justice expense and delay reduction plan
- Sec. 478 - Advisory groups
- Sec. 479 - Information on litigation management and cost and delay reduction
- Sec. 480 - Training programs
- Sec. 481 - Automated case information
- Sec. 482 - Definitions
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