The Federal Courts Improvement Act: a Practitioner's Perspective
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1984Author
Page, Rodney F.
Sward, Ellen E.
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American University Washington College of Law
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Article
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The Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1982 took effect on October 1, 1982. By combining the former Court of Customs and Patent Appeals and the appellate branch of the former Court of Claims, the statute created a new federal appeals court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which is equal in stature to the regional courts of appeals.
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Rodney F. Page & Ellen E. Sward, The Federal Courts Improvement Act: a Practitioner's Perspective, 33 AM. U. L. REV. 385 (1984).
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