An Act to amend the Judicial System of the United States

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An Act to amend the Judicial System of the United States, commonly known as the Judiciary Act of 1869, was a U.S. federal law that reorganized the federal courts and fixed the number of Supreme Court justices at nine.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
judiciary act ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Act to amend the Judicial System of the United States ⓘ
An Act to amend the Judicial System of the United States ⓘ
amended composition of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
structure of United States circuit courts ⓘ
appliesTo Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
United States circuit judges ⓘ
branchAffected judicial branch of the United States government ⓘ
classification United States federal judiciary legislation ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
effectOnSupremeCourt fixed number of justices at nine ⓘ
enactedBy United States Congress ⓘ
governmentalFunction organization of courts ⓘ
hasConsequence established enduring norm of nine Supreme Court justices ⓘ
historicalPeriod Reconstruction era ⓘ
jurisdiction United States federal courts ⓘ
linked to: U.S. federal courts
languageOfDocument English ⓘ
legalDomain constitutional law ⓘ
judicial administration ⓘ
legalStatus in force with respect to number of Supreme Court justices ⓘ
legislativeBody United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
longTitle An Act to amend the Judicial System of the United States ⓘ
predecessor Judiciary Act of 1802 ⓘ
Judiciary Act of 1866 ⓘ
presidentAtEnactment Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ
purpose to amend the judicial system of the United States ⓘ
to stabilize the size of the Supreme Court ⓘ
region federal government of the United States ⓘ
reorganized United States circuit courts ⓘ
federal court system of the United States ⓘ
setsNumberOfSupremeCourtJustices 9 ⓘ
shortName Judiciary Act of 1869 ⓘ
signedBy Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ
subjectMatter United States Supreme Court ⓘ
United States circuit courts ⓘ
federal judiciary ⓘ
typeOfLegislation judicial reform ⓘ
yearEnacted 1869 ⓘ

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Judiciary Act of 1869 → fullTitle → An Act to amend the Judicial System of the United States ⓘ
Judiciary Act of 1869 → alsoKnownAs → An Act to amend the Judicial System of the United States ⓘ
Judiciary Act of 1869 → alsoKnownAs → Act to amend the Judicial System of the United States ⓘ
linked to: An Act to amend the Judicial System of the United States