(a) The District of Columbia Court of Appeals (hereafter in this subchapter referred to as the "court") shall continue as a court of record in the District of Columbia.
(b) The court shall have a seal.
(July 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 478, Pub. L. 91-358, title I, § 111.)
HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 11-701.
1973 Ed., § 11-701.
The court shall consist of a chief judge and eight associate judges.
(July 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 478, Pub. L. 91-358, title I, § 111.)
HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 11-702.
1973 Ed., § 11-702.
(a) The chief judge and the judges of the court shall serve in accordance with Chapter 15 of this title.
(b) Judges of the court shall be compensated at the rate prescribed by law for judges of the United States courts of appeals. The chief judge, while serving in that position, shall receive an additional $500 per annum.
(July 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 479, Pub. L. 91-358, title I, § 111; Oct. 28, 1986, 100 Stat. 3228, Pub. L. 99-573, § 16(a); June 13, 1994, Pub. L. 103-266, § 1(b)(1), 108 Stat. 713.)
HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 11-703.
1973 Ed., § 11-703.
Each judge, when appointed, shall take the oath prescribed for judges of courts of the United States.
(July 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 479, Pub. L. 91-358, title I, § 111.)
HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 11-704.
1973 Ed., § 11-704.
(a) Judges of the court shall sit on the court and its divisions in such order and at such times as the court directs.
(b) Cases and controversies shall be heard and determined by divisions of the court unless a hearing or a rehearing before the court in banc is ordered. Each division of the court shall consist of three judges.
(c) A hearing before the court in banc may be ordered by a majority of the judges of the court in regular active service. The court in banc for a hearing shall consist of the judges of the court in regular active service.
(d) A rehearing before the court in banc may be ordered by a majority of the judges of the court in regular active service. The court in banc for a rehearing shall consist of the judges of the court in regular active service, except that a retired judge may sit as a judge of the court in banc in the rehearing of a case or controversy if the judge sat on the court or a division of the court at the original hearing thereof.
(July 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 479, Pub. L. 91-358, title I, § 111; June 13, 1994, Pub. L. 103-266, § 1(b)(2), 108 Stat. 713.)
HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 11-705.
1973 Ed., § 11-705.
(a) When the chief judge of the court is absent or disabled, the chief judge's duties shall devolve upon and be performed by such associate judge as the chief judge may designate in writing. In the event that the chief judge is (1) disqualified or suspended, or (2) unable or fails to make such a designation, the chief judge's duties shall devolve upon and be performed by the associate judges of the court according to the seniority of their original commissions.
(b) A chief judge whose term as chief judge has expired shall continue to serve until redesignated or until the chief judge's successor has been designated. When there is a vacancy in the position of chief judge, the position shall be filled temporarily as provided in subsection (a).
(c) Two judges shall constitute a quorum of a division of the court, and six judges shall constitute a quorum of the court sitting in banc.
(July 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 479, Pub. L. 91-358, title I, § 111; June 13, 1994, Pub. L. 103-266, §§ 1(b)(3), (4), 108 Stat. 713.)
HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 11-706.
1973 Ed., § 11-706.
(a) The chief judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals may designate and assign temporarily one or more judges of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia to serve on the District of Columbia Court of Appeals or a division thereof whenever the business of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals so requires. Such designations or assignments shall be in conformity with the rules or orders of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.
(b) Upon presentation of a certificate of necessity by the chief judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, the chief judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals may designate and assign temporarily one or more judges of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals to serve as a judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
(July 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 479, Pub. L. 91-358, title I, § 111.)
HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 11-707.
1973 Ed., § 11-707.
Each judge may appoint and remove a personal secretary. The chief judge may appoint and remove three personal law clerks, and each associate judge may appoint and remove two personal law clerks. In addition, the chief judge may appoint and remove not more than three law clerks for the court. The law clerks appointed for the court shall serve as directed by the chief judge.
(July 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 480, Pub. L. 91-358, title I, § 111; Dec. 31, 1975, 89 Stat. 1098, Pub. L. 94-191, § 1.)
HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 11-708.
1973 Ed., § 11-708.
Each judge shall submit to the chief judge such reports and data as the chief judge may request. Each judge shall submit a monthly written report to the chief judge and the Commission on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure which shall be in a form prescribed by the chief judge after consultation with the Commission and which shall set forth the following:
(1) The number of days' attendance in court of the judge during the month covered.
(2) The division of the court which the judge attended.
(3) The number of hours per day of the judge's attendance.
(4) The number and type of matters disposed of by the judge during the month covered.
(5) Such other data as the chief judge may require.
(July 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 480, Pub. L. 91-358, title I, § 111; June 13, 1994, Pub. L. 103-266, §§ 1(b)(5), (6), 108 Stat. 713.)
HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 11-709.
1973 Ed., § 11-709.
(a) In general. -- The court may hold special sessions at any place within the United States outside the District of Columbia as the nature of the business may require and upon such notice as the court orders, upon a finding by either the chief judge of the court (or, if the chief judge is absent or disabled, the judge designated under section 11-706(a)) or the Joint Committee on Judicial Administration in the District of Columbia that, because of emergency conditions, no location within the District of Columbia is reasonably available where such special sessions could be held. The court may transact any business at a special session authorized pursuant to this section which it has the authority to transact at a regular session.
(b) Notice requirements. -- If the Court of Appeals issues an order exercising its authority under subsection (a), the court --
(1) through the Joint Committee on Judicial Administration in the District of Columbia, shall send notice of such order, including the reasons for the issuance of such order, to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Government Reform of the House of Representatives; and
(2) shall provide reasonable notice to the United States Marshals Service before the commencement of any special session held pursuant to such order.
(Oct. 16, 2006, 120 Stat. 2024, Pub. L. 109-356, § 114(a)(1).)
