District of Columbia Judicial Reorganization Act of 1993

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TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Supreme Court of the District of Columbia Subchapter I: Establishment and Organization Subchapter II: Jurisdiction Subchapter III: Miscellaneous Provisions Title II: Judges of the District of Columbia Courts Title III: Severability District of Columbia Judicial Reorganization Act of 1993 - Title I: Supreme Court of the District of Columbia - Amends the District of Columbia Code to establish the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (Court) consisting of a chief justice and six associate justices with jurisdiction over appeals from final decisions of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals that meet specified criteria. Allows the Court, at its discretion, to certify a case or class of cases for review before it has been determined by the D.C. Court of Appeals, but only under limited circumstances described in this Act. Allows the Court to: (1) answer questions of law certified to it by the U.S. Supreme Court, a Court of Appeals of the United States, or the highest court of any State, if a question of D.C. law may be determinative of the case pending in the certifying court; and (2) order the certification of a question of law of another State to the highest court of such State. Provides for the temporary assignment of Court judges to and from other D.C. courts. Directs the chief justice of the Court to annually summon the active judges of the D.C. courts to a Judicial Conference of the District of Columbia for the purpose of advising as to the means of improving the administration of justice within the District of Columbia. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Judges of the District of Columbia Courts - Makes the District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission, rather than the President, responsible for designating the chief justice or chief judge of a D.C. court. Directs the Executive Officer of the District of Columbia courts to study and report to the Joint Committee on Judicial Administration in the District of Columbia, for forwarding with any comments and recommendations to the Congress, on the feasibility of establishing a District of Columbia Night Court as a division of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. Title III: Severability - States that if any particular provision of this Act or application thereof is held invalid, the remainder of this act and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected.

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• Reported in House (text)

  Reported in House · EN · 13 July 1993

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• Reported to House with amendment(s)

  summary · EN · 13 July 1993

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  Introduced in House · EN · 1 April 1993

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