A bill to amend title 28 of the United States Code to divide the existing United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit into two autonomous circuits, one to be composed of the States of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas with headquarters in New Orleans, Louisiana, to be known as the Fifth Circuit, and the other to be composed of the States of Alabama, Florida, and Georgia with headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, to be known as the Eleventh Circuit, and for other purposes.
Appellate Court Reorganization Act of 1980 - Divides the current United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit into the following two circuits: (1) the Fifth Circuit, composed of the States of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas, and consisting of 14 judges; and (2) the Eleventh Circuit, composed of the States of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and the Canal Zone, and consisting of 12 judges. (The current Fifth Circuit consists of all six States and has 26 judges). Designates Atlanta, Georgia, the headquarters of the Eleventh Circuit and New Orleans, Louisiana, headquarters of the Fifth Circuit. Makes this Act effective October 1, 1980.
Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
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