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Article: Blue ribbon judicial panel will recommend fate of federal Ninth Circuit.
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- March 1, 1998
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A special commission appointed by Chief Justice William Rehnquist has been charged with recommending by the end of this year whether the jurisdiction of the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals should be divided.
Legislation setting up the commission was passed by Congress last year as a compromise measure. The Senate had passed legislation that would have created a twelfth Circuit out of parts of the Ninth, but the House did not agree.
Under terms of the proposed Senate bill, only California, Nevada, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands would remain in the Ninth Circuit. A new circuit would include Alaska, Arizona, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and ...