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H.R. 8178 (96th)
Federal District Court Organization Act of 1980
Introduced
22 September 1980
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Public Law 96-462.
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Summary
Federal District Court Organization Act of 1980 - Provides that the Court for the Central Judicial District of California shall be held at Santa Ana, in addition to Los Angeles as currently provided. Transfers the counties of Fremont and Page from the Southern to the Western Division of the Southern Judicial District of Iowa. Transfers the counties of Audrain and Montgomery from the Eastern to the Northern Division of the Eastern Judicial District of Missouri. Places within the Eastern Judicial District of North Carolina that portion of Durham County encompassing the Federal Correctional Institution in Butner, North Carolina. Transfers the counties of Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga, and Wilkes from the Middle to the Western Judicial District of North Carolina. Establishes a Lufkin Division in the Eastern Judicial District of Texas.
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Public Law (PDF)
Public Law · EN · 16 October 1980
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 22 September 1980
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/house-bill/8178
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/96/hr/8178