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28 USC app.
PUBLIC LAW 91-358-JULY 29, 1970
[84 STAT.
the whole record or those parts of it cited by the judge or the Commission, and shall take due account of the rule of prejudicial error. "(e) As appropriate and to the extent consistent with this chapter, ^Y\e Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure governing appeals in civil cases shall apply to appeals taken under this section. "(f) Decisions of the special court shall be final and conclusive.
- '§ 11-1530. Financial statements
" (a) Pursuant to such rules as the Commission shall promulgate, each judge of the District of Columbia courts shall, within one year following the date of enactment of the District of Columbia Court Reorganization Act of 1970 and at least annually thereafter, file with the Commission the following reports of his personal financial interests: "(1) A report of his income and his spouse's income for the period covered by the report, the sources thereof, and the amount and nature of the income received from each such source. "(2) The name and address of each private foundation or eleemosynary institution, and of each business or professional corporation, firm, or enterprise in which he was an officer, director, proprietor, or partner during such period; "(3) The identity of each liability of $5,000 or more owed by him or by him and his spouse jointly at any time during such period. "(4) The source and value of all gifts in the aggregate amount or value of $50 or more from any single source received by him during such period, except gifts from his spouse or any of his children or parents. "(5) The identity of each trust in which he held a beneficial interest having a value of $10,000 or more at any time during such period, and in the case of any trust in which he held any beneficial interest during such period, the identity, if known, of each interest in real or personal property in which the trust held a beneficial interest having a value of $10,000 or more at any time during such period. If he cannot obtain the identity of the trust interest, he shall request the trustee to report that information to the Commission in such manner as the Commission shall by rule prescribe. "(6) The identity of each interest in real or personal property having a value of $10,000 or more which he owned at any time during such period. "(7) The amount or value and source of each honorarium of $300 or more received by him during such period. "(8) The source and amount of all money, other than that received from the United States Government, received in the form of an expense account or as reimbursement for expenditures during such period. " (b)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the content of any report filed under this section shall not be open to inspection by anyone other than (A) the person filing the report, (B) authorized members, alternate members, or staff of the Commission to determine if this section has been complied with or in connection with duties of the Commission under this subchapter, or (C) a special court convened under section 11-1529 to review a removal order of the Commission. "(2) Reports filed pursuant to paragraphs (2) and (7) of subsection (a) shall be made available for public inspection and copy-
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