NOTES TO RULE 80
HISTORY: (Amended Mar. 19, 1948)
Notes of Advisory Committee on Rules.
Note to Subdivision (a).
This follows substantially former Equity Rule 50 (Stenographer--Appointment--Fees). [This subdivision was abrogated. See amendment note of Advisory Committee below.]
Note to Subdivision (b).
See Reports of Conferences of Senior Circuit Judges with the Chief Justice of the United States (1936), 22 ABAJ 818, 819; (1937), 24 ABAJ 75, 77. [This subdivision was abrogated. See amendment note of Advisory Committee below.]
Note to Subdivision (c).
Compare Iowa Code (1935) § 11353.
Notes of Advisory Committee on 1948 Amendments to Rules.
Subdivisions (a) and (b) of Rule 80 have been abrogated because of Public Law 222, 78th Cong, ch 3, 2d Sess, approved Jan. 20, 1944, 28 USC formerly § 9a (now §§ 550, 604, 753, 1915, 1920), providing for the appointment of official stenographers for each district court, prescribing their duties, providing for the furnishing of transcripts, the taxation of the fees therefor as costs and other related matters. This statute has now been implemented by Congressional appropriation available for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1945.
Subdivision (c) of Rule 80 (Stenographic Report or Transcript as Evidence) has been retained unchanged.