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CHAPTER 3⁠—COURTS OF APPEALS — Front Matter

Sec.
41.Number and composition of circuits.
42.Allotment of Supreme Court justices to circuits.
43.Creation and composition of courts.
44.Appointment, tenure, residence and salary of circuit judges.
45.Chief judges; precedence of judges.
46.Assignment of judges; panels; hearings; quorum.
47.Disqualification of trial judge to hear appeal.
48.Terms of court.
49.Assignment of judges to division to appoint independent counsels.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1983⁠—Pub. L. 97-409, § 2(b)(2), Jan. 3, 1983, 96 Stat. 2039, substituted “independent counsels” for “special prosecutors” in item 49.

1978⁠—Pub. L. 95-521, title VI, § 602(b), Oct. 26, 1978, 92 Stat. 1874, added item 49.

Pub. L. 95-486, § 5(c), Oct. 20, 1978, 92 Stat. 1633, substituted “panels” for “divisions” in item 46.