Split of U.S. Circuit Court in South Near Enactment After Long Debate; Split of U.S. Judicial Circuit in South Near Enactment After Long Debate Criticism of Earlier Proposal Changes in Congress and Courts Several Groups Drop Opposition
WASHINGTON--Sixteen years after the idea was broached, a proposal to split the Deep South's Fifth Federal judicial circuit, where many of the nation's key civil rights cases evolved, appears headed for Congressional enactment.
