28 U.S.C. § 42 — Allotment of Supreme Court justices to circuits

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This law assigns Supreme Court justices to the federal circuit courts. The Supreme Court itself makes these assignments, even when not in session. One justice can cover more than one circuit, and a circuit can share justices.

The Chief Justice of the United States and the associate justices of the Supreme Court get assigned, from time to time, as "circuit justices" among the federal judicial circuits. The Supreme Court makes these assignments by order. The Chief Justice can make these assignments even when the Court isn't in session ("in vacation"). A single justice can be assigned to more than one circuit, and more than one justice can be assigned to the same circuit.

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The Chief Justice of the United States and the associate justices of the Supreme Court shall from time to time be allotted as circuit justices among the circuits by order of the Supreme Court. The Chief Justice may make such allotments in vacation.

A justice may be assigned to more than one circuit, and two or more justices may be assigned to the same circuit.

Source credit: (June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 870.)

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1948Enacted · Act of June 25, 1948, ch. 646 · 62 Stat. 870

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