Judicial Code of 1911

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United States federal statute judicial reform law

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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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Judicial Code	1
Judicial Code of 1948	1

Statements (44)

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 of America ⓘ surface form: 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inForceStatus	partly superseded and revised by later judicial codes ⓘ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	United States government ⓘ surface form: 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 self-link ⓘ
signedBy	President William Howard Taft ⓘ surface form: William Howard Taft
signingPresident	President William Howard Taft ⓘ surface form: William Howard Taft
subjectMatter	court organization ⓘ federal jurisdiction ⓘ judicial administration ⓘ
successor	Judicial Code of 1911 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Judicial Code of 1948
transferredJurisdictionTo	United States district courts ⓘ
typeOfReform	court reorganization ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Public Law 61-475 → codifiedIn → Judicial Code of 1911 ⓘ

Public Law 61-475 → hasAlternativeName → Judicial Code of 1911 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Judicial Code

Judicial Code of 1911 → shortTitle → Judicial Code of 1911 self-link ⓘ

Judicial Code of 1911 → successor → Judicial Code of 1911 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Judicial Code of 1948

Judiciary Act of 1789 → supersededInPartBy → Judicial Code of 1911 ⓘ