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[CITE: 28USC96]

 
               TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
 
                     PART I--ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
 
                       CHAPTER 5--DISTRICT COURTS
 
Sec. 96. Kansas

    Kansas constitutes one judicial district.

           Court shall be held at Kansas City, Lawrence, Leavenworth, 
                  Salina, Topeka, Hutchinson, Wichita, Dodge City, and 
                                       Fort Scott.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 880; Aug. 27, 1949, ch. 516, 63 Stat. 
666; Pub. L. 99-554, title I, Sec. 141, Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3096.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 157 (Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 
231, Sec. 82, 36 Stat. 1112; Sept. 6, 1916, ch. 447, 39 Stat. 725; June 
7, 1924, ch. 319, 43 Stat. 607; June 13, 1938, ch. 349, 52 Stat. 673).
    Provisions as to the appointment and residence of deputy marshals 
and deputy clerks and maintenance of offices by them were omitted. See 
sections 541 [see 561], 542 [see 561], and 751 of this title.
    A provision making inoperative the terms of the last paragraph of 
this section, whenever, upon the recommendation of the Attorney General, 
court accommodations should be provided in Federal buildings, was 
omitted as unnecessary. When such buildings become available the 
Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts will, 
under section 604 of this title, provide court accommodations therein.
    The provision respecting court accommodations at Hutchinson was 
omitted as covered by section 142 of this title.
    Changes in arrangement and phraseology were made.


                               Amendments

    1986--Pub. L. 99-554 provided for holding court at Lawrence.
    1949--Act Aug. 27, 1949, abolished the three divisions which 
constituted the judicial district, and added Dodge City as an additional 
place for holding court.


                    Effective Date of 1986 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 99-554 effective 30 days after Oct. 27, 1986, 
see section 302(a) of Pub. L. 99-554, set out as a note under section 
581 of this title.
