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28 U.S.C. § 256 — Trials at ports other than New York
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**(a)** The chief judge may designate any judge or judges of the court to proceed, together with necessary assistants, to any port or to any place within the jurisdiction of the United States to preside at a trial or hearing at the port or place.
**(b)** Upon application of a party or upon his own initiative, and upon a showing that the interests of economy, efficiency, and justice will be served, the chief judge may issue an order authorizing a judge of the court to preside in an evidentiary hearing in a foreign country whose laws do not prohibit such a hearing: Provided, however, That an interlocutory appeal may be taken from such an order pursuant to the provisions of [section 1292(d)(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title28-section1292/d/1&num=0&edition=prelim), and the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit may, in its discretion, consider the appeal.
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**(a)** The chief judge may designate any judge or judges of the court to proceed, together with necessary assistants, to any port or to any place within the jurisdiction of the United States to preside at a trial or hearing at the port or place.
**(b)** Upon application of a party or upon his own initiative, and upon a showing that the interests of economy, efficiency, and justice will be served, the chief judge may issue an order authorizing a judge of the court to preside in an evidentiary hearing in a foreign country whose laws do not prohibit such a hearing: Provided, however, That an interlocutory appeal may be taken from such an order pursuant to the provisions of [section 1292(d)(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title28-section1292/d/1&num=0&edition=prelim), and the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit may, in its discretion, consider the appeal.
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The Customs Service shall, under rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary—
**(a)** fix the final appraisement of merchandise by ascertaining or estimating the value thereof, under [section 1401a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1401a&num=0&edition=prelim), by all reasonable ways and means in his power, any statement of cost or costs of production in any invoice, affidavit, declaration, other document to the contrary notwithstanding;
**(b)** fix the final classification and rate of duty applicable to such merchandise;
**(c)** fix the final amount of duty to be paid on such merchandise and determine any increased or additional duties, taxes, and fees due or any excess of duties, taxes, and fees deposited;
**(d)** liquidate the entry and reconciliation, if any, of such merchandise; and
**(e)** give or transmit, pursuant to an electronic data interchange system, notice of such liquidation to the importer, his consignee, or agent in such form and manner as the Secretary shall by regulation prescribe.
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The Supreme Court of the United States shall consist of a Chief Justice of the United States and eight associate justices, any six of whom shall constitute a quorum.
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**(a)** The President shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, sixteen judges who shall constitute a court of record known as the United States Court of Federal Claims. The court is declared to be a court established under article I of the Constitution of the United States.
**(b)** The President shall designate one of the judges of the Court of Federal Claims who is less than seventy years of age to serve as chief judge. The chief judge may continue to serve as such until he reaches the age of seventy years or until another judge is designated as chief judge by the President. After the designation of another judge to serve as chief judge, the former chief judge may continue to serve as a judge of the court for the balance of the term to which appointed.
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**(a)** The chief judge of the Court of International Trade, with the approval of the court, shall supervise the fiscal affairs and clerical force of the court; 11 So in original. The semicolon probably should be a period.
**(b)** The chief judge shall promulgate dockets.
**(c)** The chief judge, under rules of the court, may designate any judge or judges of the court to try any case and, when the circumstances so warrant, reassign the case to another judge or judges.
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Except as otherwise provided in [section 255 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title28-section255&num=0&edition=prelim), the judicial power of the Court of International Trade with respect to any action, suit or proceeding shall be exercised by a single judge, who may preside alone and hold a regular or special session of court at the same time other sessions are held by other judges.
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**(a)** Upon application of any party to a civil action, or upon his own initiative, the chief judge of the Court of International Trade shall designate any three judges of the court to hear and determine any civil action which the chief judge finds: (1) raises an issue of the constitutionality of an Act of Congress, a proclamation of the President or an Executive order; or (2) has broad or significant implications in the administration or interpretation of the customs laws.
**(b)** A majority of the three judges designated may hear and determine the civil action and all questions pending therein.
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All decisions of the Court of International Trade shall be preserved and open to inspection. The court shall forward copies of each decision to the Secretary of the Treasury or his designee and to the appropriate customs officer for the district in which the case arose. The Secretary shall publish weekly such decisions as he or the court may designate and abstracts of all other decisions.
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TITLE 28—JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
§ 257
of the Court of International Trade shall des-
ignate any three judges of the court to hear and
determine any civil action which the chief judge
finds: (1) raises an issue of the constitutionality
of an Act of Congress, a proclamation of the
President or an Executive order; or (2) has broad
or significant implications in the administra-
tion or interpretation of the customs laws.
(b) A majority of the three judges designated
may hear and determine the civil action and all
questions pending therein.
(Added Pub. L. 91–271, title I, § 108, June 2, 1970,
84 Stat. 277; amended Pub. L. 96–417, title V,
§ 501(5), Oct. 10, 1980, 94 Stat. 1742.)
Editorial Notes
PRIOR PROVISIONS
A prior section 255 was renumbered section 257 of this
title.
AMENDMENTS
1980—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 96–417 redesignated the Cus-
toms Court as the Court of International Trade.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1980 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 96–417 effective Nov. 1, 1980,
and applicable with respect to civil actions pending on
or commenced on or after such date, see section 701(a)
of Pub. L. 96–417, set out as a note under section 251 of
this title.
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section effective Oct. 1, 1970, see section 122 of Pub.
L. 91–271, set out as a note under section 256 of this
title.
§ 256. Trials at ports other than New York
(a) The chief judge may designate any judge or
judges of the court to proceed, together with
necessary assistants, to any port or to any place
within the jurisdiction of the United States to
preside at a trial or hearing at the port or place.
(b) Upon application of a party or upon his
own initiative, and upon a showing that the in-
terests of economy, efficiency, and j
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