| October 14, 1980 94 Stat. 1994 |
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Reorganization Act divided the Fifth Circuit into two circuits, organizing the judicial districts of Alabama, Georgia, and Florida as the Eleventh Circuit and the judicial districts of Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, and the Canal Zone as a new Fifth Circuit, effective October 1, 1981. The act transferred all appellate judges whose official duty stations were located within the Eleventh Circuit to the court of appeals for that circuit. Of the twenty-six judgeships authorized for the former Fifth Circuit, fourteen were assigned to the new Fifth Circuit and twelve to the Eleventh Circuit. |
| Authorized Judgeships | |
| 1980 | 12 |