Judicial Code of 1911

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The Judicial Code of 1911 was a major U.S. federal statute that reorganized the federal court system, notably abolishing the old circuit courts and consolidating their jurisdiction into the district courts.

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Judicial Code of 1911 canonical 5
Judicial Code 1
Judicial Code of 1946 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
judicial reform law ⓘ
abolished United States circuit courts (old federal trial-level circuit courts) ⓘ
affectedCourt United States courts of appeals ⓘ
United States district courts ⓘ
appliesToTerritory states and territories of the United States ⓘ
areaOfImpact federal appellate courts ⓘ
federal trial courts ⓘ
branchAffected judicial branch of the United States government ⓘ
citation 36 Stat. 1087 ⓘ
classification United States federal judiciary legislation ⓘ
codifiedAreaOfLaw federal judicial procedure ⓘ
organization of federal courts ⓘ
consolidatedJurisdictionOf circuit courts into district courts ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dateSigned 1911-03-03 ⓘ
effectiveDate 1912-01-01 ⓘ
enactedBy United States Congress ⓘ
governs organization and jurisdiction of lower federal courts (as of its effective period) ⓘ
historicalPeriod Progressive Era ⓘ
inForceStatus partly superseded and revised by later judicial codes ⓘ
jurisdiction federal government of the United States ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
legalSystem common law ⓘ
legislativeBody 61st United States Congress ⓘ
longTitle An Act To codify, revise, and amend the laws relating to the judiciary ⓘ
notableProvision abolition of the old circuit courts as of January 1, 1912 ⓘ
transfer of all pending cases in circuit courts to district courts ⓘ
partOf United States federal judicial code tradition ⓘ
predecessor earlier scattered statutes on the federal judiciary ⓘ
publicLawNumber Public Law 61-475 ⓘ
purpose to codify and revise statutes relating to the federal judiciary ⓘ
to reorganize the federal court system of the United States ⓘ
reorganized structure of the lower federal courts ⓘ
repealedOrSupersededBy later revisions of the Judicial Code, including the Judicial Code of 1948 ⓘ
shortTitle Judicial Code of 1911 ⓘ
signedBy William Howard Taft ⓘ
signingPresident William Howard Taft ⓘ
subjectMatter court organization ⓘ
federal jurisdiction ⓘ
judicial administration ⓘ
successor Judicial Code of 1948 ⓘ
transferredJurisdictionTo United States district courts ⓘ
typeOfReform court reorganization ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Judiciary Act of 1789 → supersededInPartBy → Judicial Code of 1911 ⓘ
Judicial Code of 1911 → shortTitle → Judicial Code of 1911 ⓘ
Judicial Code of 1911 → successor → Judicial Code of 1948 ⓘ
linked to: Judicial Code of 1911
Public Law 61-475 → hasAlternativeName → Judicial Code of 1911 ⓘ
Public Law 61-475 → hasAlternativeName → Judicial Code ⓘ
linked to: Judicial Code of 1911
Public Law 61-475 → codifiedIn → Judicial Code of 1911 ⓘ
Federal Tort Claims Act → partOf → Judicial Code of 1946 ⓘ
linked to: Judicial Code of 1911