936 SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 229. 1925. F¤b§1¤§Y i3· 19% CHAP. 229.—An Act To amend the Judicial Code, and to further define
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mdmal com Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assemble , That sections 128, 129, 237, 238, 239, and 240 of the Judicial Code as now existing be, Aglxzit <>¤¤¤S ¤f and they are severally, amended and reenacted to read as follows: Appeins or was or Sec. 128. (a) The circuit courts of appeal shall have appellate °"`?§f§,;’p_803,,mcud_ jurisdiction to review by appeal or writ of error final decisionsadiudishictmum “First. In the district courts, in all cases save where a direct p_:ae?;g1.-3:% review ggg the decision may be had in the Supreme Court under · · section . Rg$“¢iEumc’iue(i»¤ri)sirt° P “Seclgnd. In Elie United States district courts for Hawaii and for . . orto ico in a cases. xsiirlariiia ind Vugm “Third. In the district courts for Alaska or any division thereof, C“°““"'“""’b‘°‘ and for the Virgin Islands, in all cases, civil and criminal, wherein the Constitution or a statute or treaty of the United States or any authority exercised thereunder is involved; in all other civil cases wherein the value in controversy, exclusive of interest and costs, exceeds $1,000; in all other criminal cases where the offense charged Cmnzum is punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year or by death, and m aH habeas corpus proceedmggé and in the district wuz, um court for the Canal Zone m the cases m c prescribed in the “· Alctgpprpxgzd September 21, 1922, amending prior laws relating to t e ana ne. p_£,?°§?,u,,,f,,¥‘,°¤5.§’,'._}? “Fourth. In the Supreme Courts of the Territory of Hawaii and °”°"¤“°'¤*’*°- of Porto Rico, in all civil cases, civil or criminal, wherein the Constitution or a statute or treaty of the United States or any authority exercised thereunder is involved; in all other civil cases wherein the value in controversy, exclusive of interest and costs, exceeds $5,000, U ud Smeg C ud and in all habeas corpus proceedings. rm é”hm ° _ “Fifth. In the United States Court for China, in all cases, (mQ,F,§,*;f¤¤P°”°°°*“"S‘ d "(b) The circuit court of appeals shall also have appellate jurisiction— .,;fi»'§,*€,i£€dc§Q'$L'?'°°°" “First. To review the interlocutory orders or decrees of the gggggé 9% railway district courts whichare specified in section 129. _ erupneyeer mmmm- “Second. To review decisions of the district courts sustainin or "°{}°,_38,p_w,_ overruhng exceptions to awards in arbitrations, as rovideg in section 8 of an Act entitled ‘An Act providing for mediation, conciliation, and arbitration in controversies between certain employers Bmmpmwu and their employees} approved July 15, 1913. v¤¤.;m,p. ssa. "(c) The c1rcu1t courts of appeal shall also have an ap llate and supervisor jurisdiction under sections 24 and 25 of the lifnkruptcy Act of July 1, 1898, over all proceedings, controversies, and cases had or brought in the district courts under that Act or any of its In Mash and amendments, and shall exercise the same in the manner prescribed in Hawaii. those sections; and the jurisdiction of the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in this regard shall cover the courts of bank- I" P°"° Rm ruptcy in Alaska and Hawaii, and that of the Circuit Court of Appeals fpgr the First Circuit shall cover the court of bankruptcy . . , 111 orto ico. eciiismbumu m dp “ (d) The review under this section shall be in the following circuit courts of appeal: The decisions of a district court of the United States within a State in the circuit court of appeals for the circuit embracing such State: those of the District Court of Alaska or any division thereof, the United States district court, and the Supreme Court of Hawaii, and the United States Court for China, in the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit; those of the United States district court and the Supreme Court of Porto Rico in the Circuit Court of Appeals for the First Circuit; those of the District
