§ 253. Duties of chief judge

Footnotes

1. 1 So in original. The semicolon probably should be a period.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1948

   Title 28, United States Code, section —

   Pub. L. 80–646 · 62 Stat. 869

   Enacted · 28 U.S.C. § 253

   June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 900

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 900

2. 1959

   Pub. L. 86–243 § 3 · 73 Stat. 474

   Changed · 28 U.S.C. § 253

   Pub. L. 86–243 required the chief judge to supervise the fiscal affairs and clerical force of the court, with the approval of the court

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 86–243 required the chief judge to supervise the fiscal affairs and clerical force of the court, with the approval of the court.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 3. The first paragraph of section 253 of title 28 of the United States Code is amended to read as follows: “The chief judge of the Customs Court, with the approval of the court, shall supervise the fiscal affairs and clerical force of the court. The chief judge shall assign or reassign, before trial and under rules of the court, any case for hearing, determination, or both; and promulgate dockets.”

3. 1970

   The Customs Courts Act of 1970

   Pub. L. 91–271 title I § 105 · 84 Stat. 273

   Changed · 28 U.S.C. § 253

   Pub. L. 91–271 reorganized existing provisions into lettered subsecs. (a) to (e) and made minor changes in phraseology

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 91–271 reorganized existing provisions into lettered subsecs. (a) to (e) and made minor changes in phraseology.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 105. duties of chief judge precedence of judges Section 253 of title 28 of the United States Code is amended to read as follows: “§ 253. Duties of chief judge; precedence of judges “(a) The chief judge of the Customs Court, with the approval of the court, shall supervise the fiscal affairs and clerical force of the court; “(b) The chief judge shall promulgate dockets. “(c) The chief judge, under rules of the court, may designate any judge or judges of the court to try any case and, when the circumstances so warrant, reassign the case to another judge or judges. “(d) Whenever the chief judge is unable to perform the duties of his office or the office is vacant, his powers and duties shall devolve upon the judge next in precedence who is able to act, until such disability is removed or another chief judge is appointed and duly qualified. “(e) The chief judge shall have precedence and shall preside at any session which lie attends. Other judges shall have precedence and shall preside according to the seniority of their commissions. Judges whose commissions bear the same date shall have precedence according to seniority in age.”

4. 1980

   Customs Courts Act of 1980

   Pub. L. 96–417 title V § 501(3) · 94 Stat. 1727

   Redesignated · 28 U.S.C. § 253(a)

   Pub. L. 96–417 redesignated the Customs Court as the Court of International Trade

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 96–417 redesignated the Customs Court as the Court of International Trade.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (3) Section 253(a).

   Effective date note
   Amendment by Pub. L. 96–417 effective Nov. 1, 1980, and applicable with respect to civil actions pending on or commenced on or after such date, see section 701(a) of Pub. L. 96–417, set out as a note under section 251 of this title.

5. 1996

   Pub. L. 104–317 title V § 501(b)(2) · 110 Stat. 3847

   1. Struck · 28 U.S.C. § 253

      Pub. L. 104–317 struck out “; precedence of judges” after “chief judge” in section catchline

   2. Struck · 28 U.S.C. § 253

      Pub. L. 104–317 struck out subsecs. (d) and (e) which read as follows:

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 104–317 struck out “; precedence of judges” after “chief judge” in section catchline and struck out subsecs. (d) and (e) which read as follows:

   “(d) Whenever the chief judge is unable to perform the duties of his office or the office is vacant, his powers and duties shall devolve upon the judge next in precedence who is able to act, until such disability is removed or another chief judge is appointed and duly qualified. “(e) The chief judge shall have precedence and shall preside at any session which he attends. Other judges shall have precedence and shall preside according to the seniority of their commissions. Judges whose commissions bear the same date shall have precedence according to seniority in age.”

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (2) in section 253— (A) by amending the section heading to read as follows: “§ 253. Duties of chief judge”; and (B) by striking out subsections (d) and (e); and

5 of 6 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial