Title 11 — Organization and Jurisdiction of the Courts. [Enacted title]
15 chapters · 168 sections in this title.
D.C. Code § 11-701 Continuation of court; court of record; seal
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(a) The District of Columbia Court of Appeals (hereafter in this subchapter referred to as the “court”) shall continue as a court of record in the District of Columbia. (b) The court shall have a seal.
D.C. Code § 11-702 Composition
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The court shall consist of a chief judge and eight associate judges.
D.C. Code § 11-703 Judges; service; compensation
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(a) The chief judge and the judges of the court shall serve in accordance with Chapter 15 of this title. (b) Judges of the court shall be compensated at the rate prescribed by law for judges of the United States courts of appeals. The chief judge, while serving in that position, …
D.C. Code § 11-704 Oath of judges
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Each judge, when appointed, shall take the oath prescribed for judges of courts of the United States.
D.C. Code § 11-705 Assignment of judges; divisions; hearings
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(a) Judges of the court shall sit on the court and its divisions in such order and at such times as the court directs. (b) Cases and controversies shall be heard and determined by divisions of the court unless a hearing or a rehearing before the court in banc is ordered. Each div…
D.C. Code § 11-706 Absence, disability, or disqualification of judges; vacancies; quorum
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(a) When the chief judge of the court is absent or disabled, the chief judge’s duties shall devolve upon and be performed by such associate judge as the chief judge may designate in writing. In the event that the chief judge is (1) disqualified or suspended, or (2) unable or fail…
D.C. Code § 11-707 Assignment of judges to and from Superior Court
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(a) The chief judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals may designate and assign temporarily one or more judges of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia to serve on the District of Columbia Court of Appeals or a division thereof whenever the business of the Dist…
D.C. Code § 11-708 Clerks and secretaries for judges
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Each judge may appoint and remove a personal secretary. The chief judge may appoint and remove three personal law clerks, and each associate judge may appoint and remove two personal law clerks. In addition, the chief judge may appoint and remove not more than three law clerks fo…
D.C. Code § 11-709 Reports
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Each judge shall submit to the chief judge such reports and data as the chief judge may request. Each judge shall submit a monthly written report to the chief judge and the Commission on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure which shall be in a form prescribed by the chief judge after…
D.C. Code § 11-710 Emergency authority to conduct proceedings outside District of Columbia
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The court may hold special sessions at any place within the United States outside the District of Columbia as the nature of the business may require and upon such notice as the court orders, upon a finding by either the chief judge of the court (or, if the chief judge is absent o…
D.C. Code § 11-721 Orders and judgments of the Superior Court
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(a) The District of Columbia Court of Appeals has jurisdiction of appeals from — (1) all final orders and judgments of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia; (2) interlocutory orders of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia — (A) granting, continuing, modifying,…
D.C. Code § 11-722 Administrative orders and decisions
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The District of Columbia Court of Appeals has jurisdiction (1) except as provided in clause (2), to review orders and decisions of the Commissioner [Mayor] of the District of Columbia, the District of Columbia Council, any agency of the District of Columbia (including the Board o…
D.C. Code § 11-723 Certification of questions of law
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(a) The District of Columbia Court of Appeals may answer questions of law certified to it by the Supreme Court of the United States, a Court of Appeals of the United States, or the highest appellate court of any State, if there are involved in any proceeding before any such certi…
D.C. Code § 11-741 Contempt powers
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(a) Subject to the limitation described in subsection (b), and in addition to the powers conferred by section 402 of title 18, United States Code, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, or a judge thereof, may punish for disobedience of an order or for contempt committed in t…
D.C. Code § 11-742 Oaths, affirmations, and acknowledgments
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Each judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals and each employee of the court authorized by the chief judge may administer oaths and affirmations and take acknowledgments.
D.C. Code § 11-743 Rules of court
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The District of Columbia Court of Appeals shall conduct its business according to the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure unless the court prescribes or adopts modifications of those Rules.
D.C. Code § 11-744 Judicial conference
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The chief judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals shall summon biennially or annually the active associate judges of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals and the active judges and magistrate judges of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia to a conference …
D.C. Code § 11-745 Emergency authority to toll or delay proceedings
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In the event of a natural disaster or other emergency situation requiring the closure of the Court of Appeals or rendering it impracticable for the United States or District of Columbia Government or a class of litigants to comply with deadlines imposed by any Federal or District…