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U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Chapter 81 - Notes
    Sec.                                                     
    1251.       Original jurisdiction.                                
    [1252.      Repealed.]                                            
    1253.       Direct appeals from decisions of three-judge courts.  
    1254.       Courts of appeals; certiorari; certified questions.   
    [1255, 1256. Repealed.]                                           
    1257.       State courts; certiorari.                             
    1258.       Supreme Court of Puerto Rico; certiorari.             
    1259.       Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces; certiorari.    
                                AMENDMENTS                            
      1994 - Pub. L. 103-337, div. A, title IX, Sec. 924(d)(2)(B), Oct.
    5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2832, substituted "Court of Appeals for the
    Armed Forces" for "Court of Military Appeals" in item 1259.
      1988 - Pub. L. 100-352, Secs. 1, 2(c), 5(a), June 27, 1988, 102
    Stat. 662, 663, struck out item 1252 "Direct appeals from decisions
    invalidating Acts of Congress", struck out "appeal;" after
    "certiorari;" in item 1254, and struck out "appeal;" after "State
    courts;" in item 1257 and after "of Puerto Rico;" in item 1258.
      1983 - Pub. L. 98-209, Sec. 10(a)(2), Dec. 6, 1983, 97 Stat.
    1406, added item 1259.
      1982 - Pub. L. 97-164, title I, Sec. 123, Apr. 2, 1982, 96 Stat.
    36, struck out item 1255 "Court of Claims; certiorari; certified
    questions" and item 1256 "Court of Customs and Patent Appeals;
    certiorari".
      1961 - Pub. L. 87-189, Sec. 2, Aug. 30, 1961, 75 Stat. 417, added
    item 1258.
                     DEFINITIONS OF COURTS AND JUDGES                 
      Section 32 of act June 25, 1948, as amended by act May 24, 1949,
    ch. 139, Sec. 127, 63 Stat. 107, provided:
      "(a) All laws of the United States in force on September 1, 1948,
    in which reference is made to a 'circuit court of appeals'; 'senior
    circuit judge'; 'senior district judge'; 'presiding judge'; 'chief
    justice', except when reference to the Chief Justice of the United
    States is intended; or 'justice', except when used with respect to
    a justice of the Supreme Court of the United States in his capacity
    as such or as a circuit justice, are hereby amended by substituting
    'court of appeals' for 'circuit court of appeals'; 'chief judge of
    the circuit' for 'senior circuit judge'; 'chief judge of the
    district court' for 'senior district judge'; 'chief judge' for
    'presiding judge'; 'chief judge' for 'chief justice', except when
    reference to the Chief Justice of the United States is intended;
    and 'judge' for 'justice', except when the latter term is used with
    respect to a justice of the Supreme Court of the United States in
    his capacity as such or as a circuit justice.
      "(b) All laws of the United States in force on September 1, 1948,
    in which reference is made to the Supreme Court of the District of
    Columbia or to the District Court of the United States for the
    District of Columbia are amended by substituting 'United States
    District Court for the District of Columbia' for such designations.
      "(c) All laws of the United States in force on September 1, 1948,
    in which reference is made to the 'Conference of Senior Circuit
    Judges', or to the 'Judicial Conference of Senior Circuit Judges'
    are amended by substituting 'Judicial Conference of the United
    States' for such designations.
      "(d) This section shall not be construed to amend historical
    references to courts or judicial offices which have no present or
    future application to such courts or offices."
-CROSS-
                        RULES OF THE SUPREME COURT                    
      Procedure generally, on appeal to or in Supreme Court, see
    Appendix to this title.
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