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Legal Problems Of Dividing A State Between Federal Judicial Circuits, Arthur D. Hellman
Legal Problems Of Dividing A State Between Federal Judicial Circuits, Arthur D. Hellman
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At recent hearings on proposals to restructure the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, two witnesses (a Ninth Circuit judge and a law professor) expressed some support for a realignment that would divide the state of California between two judicial circuits. This article explores the legal problems that might arise if such a reorganization were to be enacted, and it considers how those problems might be dealt with. It concludes that the problems are far from intractable and that they can be addressed through use or adaptation of familiar mechanisms for avoiding or resolving conflicts between decisions of different courts.
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