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28 U.S.C. § 3 — Vacancy in office of Chief Justice; disability
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Whenever the Chief Justice is unable to perform the duties of his office or the office is vacant, his powers and duties shall devolve upon the associate justice next in precedence who is able to act, until such disability is removed or another Chief Justice is appointed and duly qualified.
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Whenever the Chief Justice is unable to perform the duties of his office or the office is vacant, his powers and duties shall devolve upon the associate justice next in precedence who is able to act, until such disability is removed or another Chief Justice is appointed and duly qualified.
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Associate justices shall have precedence according to the seniority of their commissions. Justices whose commissions bear the same date shall have precedence according to seniority in age.
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**(a)** The Chief Justice of the United States may, in the public interest, designate and assign temporarily any circuit judge to act as circuit judge in another circuit upon request by the chief judge or circuit justice of such circuit.
**(b)** The chief judge of a circuit or the circuit justice may, in the public interest, designate and assign temporarily any circuit judge within the circuit, including a judge designated and assigned to temporary duty therein, to hold a district court in any district within the circuit.
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The Chief Justice of the United States shall summon annually the chief judge of each judicial circuit, the chief judge of the Court of International Trade, and a district judge from each judicial circuit to a conference at such time and place in the United States as he may designate. He shall preside at such conference which shall be known as the Judicial Conference of the United States. Special sessions of the Conference may be called by the Chief Justice at such times and places as he may designate.
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TITLE 28—JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
§ 2
title] may be cited as ‘The Customs Courts Act of
1970’.’’
SHORT TITLE OF 1966 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 89–504, title II, § 201, July 18, 1966, 80 Stat. 293,
provided that: ‘‘This title [enacting provisions set out
as notes under sections 603, 604, and 753 of this title]
may be cited as the ‘Federal Judicial Salary Act of
1966’.’’
SHORT TITLE OF 1964 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 88–426, title IV, § 401, Aug. 14, 1964, 78 Stat. 433,
provided that: ‘‘This title [amending sections 5, 44, 135,
173, 213, 252, 603, and 792 of this title, section 867 of Title
10, Armed Forces, section 68 of former Title 11, Bank-
ruptcy, and section 7443 of Title 26, Internal Revenue
Code, and enacting provisions set out as notes under
sections 603, 604 and 753 of this title] may be cited as
the ‘Federal Judicial Salary Act of 1964’.’’
GIFTS TO THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT
Pub. L. 108–356, § 3, Oct. 21, 2004, 118 Stat. 1416, pro-
vided that: ‘‘The Chief Justice or his designee is au-
thorized to accept, hold, administer, and utilize gifts
and bequests of personal property pertaining to the his-
tory of the United States Supreme Court or its justices,
but gifts or bequests of money shall be covered into the
Treasury.’’
§ 2. Terms of court
The Supreme Court shall hold at the seat of
government a term of court commencing on the
first Monday in October of each year and may
hold such adjourned or special terms as may be
necessary.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 869.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 338 (Mar. 3, 1911,
ch. 231, § 230, 36 Stat. 1156; Sept. 6, 1916, ch. 448, § 1, 39
Stat. 726).
Minor changes in phraseology were made.
§ 3. Vacancy in office of Chief Justice; disability
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