Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1981
Abstract
October 1, 1981, marked a milestone in the history of our federal courts. On that day the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Reorganization Act of 1980 (Reorganization Act) divided the" former fifth circuit" into the" new fifth circuit," composed of the District of the Canal Zone, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas, and the new" eleventh circuit," composed of Alabama, Florida, and Georgia.
Recommended Citation
Thomas E. Baker,
Precedent Times Three: Stare Decisis in the Divided Fifth Circuit
, 35 Sw. L.J. 687
(1981).
Available at: https://ecollections.law.fiu.edu/faculty_publications/175
