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Constitutional Convention Commission (Committee Hearings, Testimony)
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idea of the three-level court, making the People's Court

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an addition of the Circuit Court? This has been done

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in Illinois, apparently quite successfully.

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THE CHAIRMAN: It was considered. In our

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opinion, the four-level court system is tetter.

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JUDGE FAIRBANKS: Is there any possibility we

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can get a different name than People's Court? I know

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that you have indicated it here. It seems to me there

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ought to be someone with enough ingenuity in this group

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to think of something other than the People's Court.

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THE CHAIRMAN: That sane sentiment vms voiced

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at the State Bar Association just this past weekend. The

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State Bar Committee, I think, recommends that the names

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of the fourth level of courts be called District Courts.

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Our present thinking is that that could be confused or

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confusing with the Federal District Courts. We don't have

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any strong feeling about it. We have the same reservations

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about using that nane that you have mentioned. It is one

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of the situations where a rose by any other name, I sup-

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pose, but if you can suggest some other name other then

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People's Court or District Court, we would be glad to



 

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