The Federal Magistrates Act of 1979, S. 237: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Improvements in Judicial Machinery of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-sixth Congress, First Session, on S. 237, March 30, 1979 |
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Page 9 - Mr. STEPHENS. Mr. Chairman, I will be very brief because I know it is late. I would like to thank you and the other members of the committee for the opportunity to be here. I particularly appreciate the opportunity to speak because I know that my views are not very popular these days.
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| Title | The Federal Magistrates Act of 1979, S. 237: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Improvements in Judicial Machinery of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-sixth Congress, First Session, on S. 237, March 30, 1979 HeinOnline: U.S. Congressional documents Issue 96, Part 4 of Serial, 96th Congress, United States Congress |
| Author | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Improvements in Judicial Machinery |
| Publisher | U.S. Government Printing Office, 1979 |
| Original from | the Library of Congress |
| Digitized | Jan 11, 2006 |
| Length | 131 pages |
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