A bill to provide for the continuance of cases in a court of the United States whenever a party or counsel is absent by reason of attendance as a member of the legislature of any State.

referredUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

28 July 1978

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Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summary

Directs Federal judges to continue any case whenever any party thereto or the counsel of any party is absent from court when the case is called if the absence is due to attendance as a member of a State legislature.

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summary · EN · 28 July 1978
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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/95th-congress/house-bill/13642
Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/95/hr/13642