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28 U.S. Code § 42. Allotment of Supreme Court justices to circuits
The Chief Justice of the United States and the associate justices of the Supreme Court shall from time to time be allotted as circuit justices among the circuits by order of the Supreme Court. The Chief Justice may make such allotments in vacation.
A justice may be assigned to more than one circuit, and two or more justices may be assigned to the same circuit.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/28/42
@shipwreckedcrew can you explain the significance of this (if any) to those who don't speak lawyer?
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On cases the Court has not yet agreed to hear, if there are emergency motions or petitions for relief pending the decision to hear the case, indivdiual circuits are handled by individual Justices. They can deny on their own, or forward the issue to the court to rule.
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