Federal Courts and Judges: Hearings Before Subcommittee No. 5 on H.R. 6159 [and Other] Bills to Provide for the Appointment of Additional Circuit and District Judges, and for Other PurposesU.S. Government Printing Office, 1960 - 760 pages Committee Serial No. 19. Considers H.R. 6159, 32 related bills, and related H.J. Res. 160 and H.J. Res. 165, to appoint additional judges throughout the nation. |
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... Justice and as a trial lawyer and as a newly elected Member of the Congress serving on this committee , I know something of the need for this legislation . Naturally , as a New Yorker , I am particularly concerned about the critical ...
... Justice and as a trial lawyer and as a newly elected Member of the Congress serving on this committee , I know something of the need for this legislation . Naturally , as a New Yorker , I am particularly concerned about the critical ...
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... justice in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York , because of an insufficient number of judges in that court to handle its ever - grow- ing business . All of us are familiar with the problems surrounding the ...
... justice in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York , because of an insufficient number of judges in that court to handle its ever - grow- ing business . All of us are familiar with the problems surrounding the ...
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... justice expected of them in an effort to keep up with the increasing workload . There is a limit to the burden that can be handled efficiently , even by the most conscientious judge . If he exceeds that limit his very attempt to keep up ...
... justice expected of them in an effort to keep up with the increasing workload . There is a limit to the burden that can be handled efficiently , even by the most conscientious judge . If he exceeds that limit his very attempt to keep up ...
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... justice that this distinguished court will be able to dispense in the future . Because it is inevitable that when the case- load on the individual judges becomes too heavy , not only does court congestion occur but the quality of the ...
... justice that this distinguished court will be able to dispense in the future . Because it is inevitable that when the case- load on the individual judges becomes too heavy , not only does court congestion occur but the quality of the ...
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... JUSTICE Mr. WALSH . Thank you , Mr. Chairman . It is a great honor to be here , which I appreciate very much having the opportunity of pre- senting a statement here and also having the opportunity of hearing the distinguished gentlemen ...
... JUSTICE Mr. WALSH . Thank you , Mr. Chairman . It is a great honor to be here , which I appreciate very much having the opportunity of pre- senting a statement here and also having the opportunity of hearing the distinguished gentlemen ...
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Page 210 - Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of the committee, I want to thank you for giving me this opportunity to appear before you and...
Page 10 - Northern District (a) The Northern District comprises two divisions. (1) The Northern Division comprises the counties of Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, Del Norte, El Dorado, Glenn, Humboldt, Lake, Lassen, Mendocino, Modoc, Mono, Napa, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Solano, Sonoma, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Tuolumne, and all of Yosemite National Park, Yolo, and Yuba.
Page 6 - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the united States...
Page 111 - States exclusively the power to tax such sales in the future; and be it further Resolved, That a certified copy of this resolution be transmitted...
Page 196 - Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the House of Delegates of the American Bar Association...
Page 674 - Puerto Rico, the President of the United States is authorized to designate one of the judges of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico to discharge the duties of judge of said court until such absence or disability shall be removed, and thereupon such judge so designated for said service shall be fully authorized and empowered to perform the duties of said office during such absence or disability of such regular judge, and to sign all necessary papers...
Page 7 - An Act to provide for the appointment of an additional district judge for the middle district of Georgia...
Page 76 - BILL To provide for the appointment of an additional district judge for the Southern District of...
Page 13 - Cong., 1st sess.] A BILL To amend title 28 of the United States Code, so as to provide for the appointment of an additional district judge for the northern...
Page 153 - ... authorization, which includes the Obion River and its tributaries and cleaning-out work and improvements of that type, as I recall, was $7,700,000, which makes a total there of authorized construction under those two acts of possibly $13.700,000.