Part I: ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
Chapter 3: COURTS OF APPEALS
- Section 41: Number and composition of circuits
- Section 42: Allotment of Supreme Court justices to circuits
- Section 43: Creation and composition of courts
- Section 44: Appointment, tenure, residence and salary of circuit judges
- Section 45: Chief judges; precedence of judges
- Section 46: Assignment of judges; panels; hearings; quorum
- Section 47: Disqualification of trial judge to hear appeal
- Section 48: Terms of court
- Section 49: Assignment of judges to division to appoint independent counsels
Chapter 5: DISTRICT COURTS
- Section 81: Alabama
- Section 81A: Alaska
- Section 82: Arizona
- Section 83: Arkansas
- Section 84: California
- Section 85: Colorado
- Section 86: Connecticut
- Section 87: Delaware
- Section 88: District of Columbia
- Section 89: Florida
- Section 90: Georgia
- Section 91: Hawaii
- Section 92: Idaho
- Section 93: Illinois
- Section 94: Indiana
- Section 95: Iowa
- Section 96: Kansas
- Section 97: Kentucky
- Section 98: Louisiana
- Section 99: Maine
- Section 100: Maryland
- Section 101: Massachusetts
- Section 102: Michigan
- Section 103: Minnesota
- Section 104: Mississippi
- Section 105: Missouri
- Section 106: Montana
- Section 107: Nebraska
- Section 108: Nevada
- Section 109: New Hampshire
- Section 110: New Jersey
- Section 111: New Mexico
- Section 112: New York
- Section 113: North Carolina
- Section 114: North Dakota
- Section 115: Ohio
- Section 116: Oklahoma
- Section 117: Oregon
- Section 118: Pennsylvania
- Section 119: Puerto Rico
- Section 120: Rhode Island
- Section 121: South Carolina
- Section 122: South Dakota
- Section 123: Tennessee
- Section 124: Texas
- Section 125: Utah
- Section 126: Vermont
- Section 127: Virginia
- Section 128: Washington
- Section 129: West Virginia
- Section 130: Wisconsin
- Section 131: Wyoming
- Section 132: Creation and composition of district courts
- Section 133: Appointment and number of district judges
- Section 134: Tenure and residence of district judges
- Section 135: Salaries of district judges
- Section 136: Chief judges; precedence of district judges
- Section 137: Division of business among district judges
- Section 138: Terms abolished
- Section 139: Times for holding regular sessions
- Section 140: Adjournment
- Section 141: Special sessions; places; notice
- [Section 142: Repealed. Pub. L. 97–164, title I, § 115(c)(3), Apr. 2, 1982, 96 Stat. 32]
- Section 143: Vacant judgeship as affecting proceedings
- Section 144: Bias or prejudice of judge
Chapter 6: BANKRUPTCY JUDGES
- Section 151: Designation of bankruptcy courts
- Section 152: Appointment of bankruptcy judges
- Section 153: Salaries; character of service
- Section 154: Division of businesses; chief judge
- Section 155: Temporary transfer of bankruptcy judges
- Section 156: Staff; expenses
- Section 157: Procedures
- Section 158: Appeals
- Section 159: Bankruptcy statistics
Chapter 7: UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS
- Section 171: Appointment and number of judges; character of court; designation of chief judge
- Section 172: Tenure and salaries of judges
- Section 173: Times and places of holding court
- Section 174: Assignment of judges; decisions
- Section 175: Official duty station; residence
- Section 176: Removal from office
- Section 177: Disbarment of removed judges
- Section 178: Retirement of judges of the Court of Federal Claims
- Section 179: Personnel application and insurance programs
- [Section 180: Repealed. Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A], title VI, § 654(b)(1)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–165]
[Chapter 9: REPEALED]
- [Section 211 to 216: Repealed. Pub. L. 97–164, title I, § 106, Apr. 2, 1982, 96 Stat. 28]
Chapter 11: COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE
- Section 251: Appointment and number of judges; offices
- Section 252: Tenure and salaries of judges
- Section 253: Duties of chief judge
- Section 254: Single-judge trials
- Section 255: Three-judge trials
- Section 256: Trials at ports other than New York
- Section 257: Publication of decisions
- Section 258: Chief judges; precedence of judges
Chapter 13: ASSIGNMENT OF JUDGES TO OTHER COURTS
- Section 291: Circuit judges
- Section 292: District judges
- Section 293: Judges of the Court of International Trade
- Section 294: Assignment of retired Justices or judges to active duty
- Section 295: Conditions upon designation and assignment
- Section 296: Powers upon designation and assignment
- Section 297: Assignment of judges to courts of the freely associated compact states
Chapter 16: COMPLAINTS AGAINST JUDGES AND JUDICIAL DISCIPLINE
- Section 351: Complaints; judge defined
- Section 352: Review of complaint by chief judge
- Section 353: Special committees
- Section 354: Action by judicial council
- Section 355: Action by Judicial Conference
- Section 356: Subpoena power
- Section 357: Review of orders and actions
- Section 358: Rules
- Section 359: Restrictions
- Section 360: Disclosure of information
- Section 361: Reimbursement of expenses
- Section 362: Other provisions and rules not affected
- Section 363: Court of Federal Claims, Court of International Trade, Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- Section 364: Effect of felony conviction
Chapter 17: RESIGNATION AND RETIREMENT OF JUSTICES AND JUDGES
- Section 371: Retirement on salary; retirement in senior status
- Section 372: Retirement for disability; substitute judge on failure to retire
- Section 373: Judges in territories and possessions
- Section 374: Residence of retired judges; official station
- Section 375: Recall of certain judges and magistrate judges
- Section 376: Annuities for survivors of certain judicial officials of the United States
- Section 377: Retirement of bankruptcy judges and magistrate judges
Chapter 19: DISTRIBUTION OF REPORTS AND DIGESTS
- Section 411: Supreme Court reports; printing, binding, and distribution
- Section 412: Sale of Supreme Court reports
- Section 413: Publications; distribution to courts
- Section 414: Transmittal of books to successors
- [Section 415: Repealed. Pub. L. 97–164, title I, § 113, Apr. 2, 1982, 96 Stat. 29]
Chapter 21: GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COURTS AND JUDGES
- Section 451: Definitions
- Section 452: Courts always open; powers unrestricted by expiration of sessions
- Section 453: Oaths of justices and judges
- Section 454: Practice of law by justices and judges
- Section 455: Disqualification of justice, judge, or magistrate judge
- Section 456: Traveling expenses of justices and judges; official duty stations
- Section 457: Records; obsolete papers
- Section 458: Relative of justice or judge ineligible to appointment
- Section 459: Administration of oaths and acknowledgments
- Section 460: Application to other courts
- Section 461: Adjustments in certain salaries
- Section 462: Court accommodations
- Section 463: Expenses of litigation
Chapter 23: CIVIL JUSTICE EXPENSE AND DELAY REDUCTION PLANS
- Section 471: Requirement for a district court civil justice expense and delay reduction plan
- Section 472: Development and implementation of a civil justice expense and delay reduction plan
- Section 473: Content of civil justice expense and delay reduction plans
- Section 474: Review of district court action
- Section 475: Periodic district court assessment
- Section 476: Enhancement of judicial information dissemination
- Section 477: Model civil justice expense and delay reduction plan
- Section 478: Advisory groups
- Section 479: Information on litigation management and cost and delay reduction
- Section 480: Training programs
- Section 481: Automated case information
- Section 482: Definitions