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PUBLIC LAW 91-271-JUNE 2, 1970

62 Stat. 963.

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"(c) The Court of Customs and Patent Appeals may affirm, modify, vacate, set aside, or reverse any judgment or order of the Customs Court lawfully brought before it for review, and may remand the cause and direct the entry of an appropriate judgment or order, or require such further proceedings as may be just under the circumstances. The judgment or order of the Court of Customs and Patent Appeals shall be final and conclusive unless modified, vacated, set aside, reversed, or remanded by the Supreme Court under section 2106 of tMs title."

28 USC 2106. rREGEDEXCE OF AMERICAN MANUFAC^TURER. PRODUCER. OR WHOLESALER CASES

62 Stat 980;

80 Stat. 902.

pose, p. 286. e t.;«;a.

80 Stat. 899.

SEC. 104. Section 2602 of title 28 of the United States Code is i i, i < n » amended to read as lollows: "§ 2602. Precedence of American manufacturer, producer, or wholesaler cases " (a) Every proceeding in the Court of Customs and Patent Appeals arising under section 516 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, shall be given precedence over other cases on the docket of such court, except as provided for in paragraph (b) of this section, and shall be assigned for hearing at the earliest practicable date and expedited in every way. "(b) Appeals from findings by the Secretary of Commerce provided for in headnote 6 to schedule 8, part 4, of the Tariff Schedules of the LTuited States (19 U.S.C. 1202) shall receive a preference over all other matters.'" DUTIES o r C H I E F JUDGE; PRECEDENCE OF JUDGES

62 Stat. 900:

73 Stat. 474.

SEC. 105. Section 253 of title 28 of the United States Code is amended j j! n to read as follows: "§ 253. Duties of chief judge; precedence of judges " (a) The chief judge of the Customs Court, with the approval of the court, shall supervise the fiscal affairs and clerical force of the court; " (b) The chief judge shall promulgate dockets. "'(c) The chief judge, under rules of the court, may designate any judge or judges of the court to try any case and, when the circumstances so warrant, reassign the case to another judge or judges. " (d) Whenever the chief judge is unable to perform the duties of his office or the office is vacant, his powers and duties shall devolve upon the judge next in precedence who is able to act, until such disability is removed or another chief judge is appointed and duly qualified. "(e) The chief judge shall have precedence and shall preside at any session which he attends. Other judges shall have precedence and shall preside according to the seniority of their commissions. Judges whose commissions bear the same date shall have precedence according to seniority in age.".

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