legislation: 106-s-1484

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106-s-1484 106 s 1484 Blind Justice Act of 1999 Law 1999-08-04 1999-08-04 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. Senate Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] PA R S000709 0 Blind Justice Act of 1999 - Rewrites Federal judicial code provisions regarding case assignment in district court and in circuit court to direct the chief judge of such courts to assign all cases by means of an automated random assignment program provided by the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, with exceptions for related and technical cases.Allows the chief judge to directly assign: (1) a related case only to a judge who is hearing or has heard a case or cases to which the new case relates; and (2) a technical case only to a judge who has significant experience with the subject matter at issue. 2025-08-20T14:19:34Z  

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