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In response to "(3) Isn't this why we have 9 judges in the first place? -- nm" by Ender

Seems that it grew with the number of appeals circuits - it was at 10 in the 1860s but it was decided that was too many

Posted by Roger More (aka rogermore) Aug 9 '10, 06:35

(I checked because I mistakenly thought the reason was court-staking by FDR)

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