S. 298993rd CongressSenate Bill

Designates Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Mississippi as the fifth judicial circuit; Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and…

Official title: A bill to improve judicial machinery by designating Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Mississippi as the 5th Judicial Circuit; by designating Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota as the 8th Judicial Circuit; by designating Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, and the Canal Zone as the 11th Judicial Circuit, and creating a 12th Judicial Circuit.

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Designates Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Mississippi as the fifth judicial circuit; Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota as the eighth judicial circuit; and Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, and the Canal Zone as the eleventh judicial circuit. Divides the ninth judicial circuit, stating that it shall be composed of Alaska, the Eastern and Northern Judicial Districts of California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Guam. Creates the twelfth judicial circuit, to be composed of Arizona, the Central and Southern Judicial Districts of California, and Nevada.

Introduced Feb 7, 1974
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Quentin Burdick

Democrat

U.S. Senator · ND

3 cosponsors — mostly Republicans

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