The Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals was created in 1971 and given exclusive jurisdiction to hear appeals from the U.S. district courts in cases arising under the wage and price controls of the Economic Stabilization Act of 1970. The court was made up of judges from the U.S. district courts and U.S. courts of appeals, assigned by the Chief Justice of the United States to serve on the court on a part-time basis. The Economic Stabilization Act expired in 1974, but the temporary court continued to exist and had its jurisdiction expanded by subsequent statutes. Congress abolished the court in 1992 and transferred its jurisdiction to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

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Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals: Judges