28 U.S.C. § 1294 — Circuits in which decisions reviewable

submitted 78 years ago by ch. 646 to r/title-28-JUDICIARY-AND-JUDICIAL-PROCEDURE · 109 words · no verdicts yet

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Appeals from reviewable district and territorial court decisions generally go to the court of appeals for the relevant circuit. This section assigns the specific circuit for four kinds of courts, subject to stated exceptions.

Except as sections 1292(c), 1292(d), and 1295 provide, appeals from reviewable decisions of district and territorial courts must be taken as follows: (1) from a United States district court, to the court of appeals for the circuit containing that district; (2) from the District Court for the District of the Canal Zone, to the Fifth Circuit; (3) from the District Court of the Virgin Islands, to the Third Circuit; and (4) from the District Court of Guam, to the Ninth Circuit.

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Except as provided in sections 1292(c), 1292(d), and 1295 of this title, appeals from reviewable decisions of the district and territorial courts shall be taken to the courts of appeals as follows:

(1)

From a district court of the United States to the court of appeals for the circuit embracing the district;

(2)

From the United States District Court for the District of the Canal Zone, to the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit;

(3)

From the District Court of the Virgin Islands, to the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit;

(4)

From the District Court of Guam, to the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Source credit: (June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 930; Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 655, § 50(a), 65 Stat. 727; Pub. L. 85–508, § 12(g), July 7, 1958, 72 Stat. 348; Pub. L. 86–3, § 14(c), Mar. 18, 1959, 73 Stat. 10; Pub. L. 87–189, § 5, Aug. 30, 1961, 75 Stat. 417; Pub. L. 95–598, title II, § 237, Nov. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 2667; Pub. L. 97–164, title I, § 126, Apr. 2, 1982, 96 Stat. 37.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1948Enacted · Act of June 25, 1948, ch. 646 · 62 Stat. 930
1951Amended · Act of Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 655 · 65 Stat. 727
1958Amended · Pub. L. 85-508 · 72 Stat. 348
1959Amended · Pub. L. 86-3 · 73 Stat. 10
1961Amended · Pub. L. 87-189 · 75 Stat. 417
1978Amended · Pub. L. 95-598 · 92 Stat. 2667
1982Amended · Pub. L. 97-164 · 96 Stat. 37

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