Volume 71
Public Law 85–202
To amend section 331 of title 28, United States Code, to provide representation of district judges on the Judicial Conference of the United States.
Approved August 28, 1957
Statutory text
AN ACT
To amend section 331 of title 28, United States Code, to provide representation of district judges on the Judicial Conference of the United States.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the first three paragraphs of section 331 of title 28, United States Code, are amended so as to constitute three paragraphs reading as follows:
Ҥ 331. Judicial Conference of the United States
“The Chief Justice of the United States shall summon annually the chief judge of each judicial circuit, the chief judge of the Court of Claims and a district judge from each judicial circuit to a conference at such time and place in the United States as he may designate. He shall preside at such conference which shall be known as the Judicial Conference of the United States. Special sessions of the conference may be called by the Chief Justice at such times and places as he may designate.
“The district judge to be summoned from each judicial circuit shall be chosen by the circuit and district judges of the circuit at the annual judicial conference of the circuit held pursuant to section 333 of this title and shall serve as a member of the conference for three successive years, except that in the year following the enactment of this amended section the judges m the first, fourth, seventh, and tenth circuits shall choose a district judge to serve for one year, the judges in the second, fifth, and eighth circuits shall choose a district judge to serve for two years and the judges in the third, sixth, ninth, and District of Columbia circuits snail choose a district judge to serve for three years.
“If the chief judge of any circuit or the district judge chosen by the judges of the circuit is unable to attend, the Chief Justice may summon any other circuit or district judge from such circuit. If the chief judge of the Court of Claims is unable to attend the Chief Justice may summon an associate judge of such court. Every judge summoned shall attend and, unless excused by the Chief Justice, shall remain throughout the sessions of the conference and advise as to the needs of his circuit or court and as to any matters in respect of which the administration of justice in the courts of the United States may be improved.”
Approved August 28, 1957.