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dsc

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13. yes there are but there are still enough appellate judges to make that 30 hours a problem

Reply to Tx4obama (Reply #10)

Thu Jan 24, 2013, 10:54 PM

Jan 2013

and those appellate judges are major league important. They are often the final judge a litigant sees. You have 39 judges on the first term list. 39 * 30 = 1170 hours or a bit over half a normal work year (2000 hours).

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