| Founded | 1955 |
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| Type | Charitable organization |
| Focus | Law |
| Location |
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| Coordinates | 37°15′58″N76°42′16″W / 37.266179°N 76.704568°W Coordinates: 37°15′58″N76°42′16″W / 37.266179°N 76.704568°W |
Area served | United States |
Key people | Shelley Rockwell |
| Website | cosca |
The Conference of State Court Administrators (COSCA), which was established in 1955 and incorporated in 1982,[ clarification needed ] consists of the state court administrators and equivalent officials in each of the states and territories of the United States. Its mission is to provide a national forum to assist state court administrators.
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United States bankruptcy courts are courts created under Article I of the United States Constitution. The current system of bankruptcy courts was created by the United States Congress in 1978, effective April 1, 1984. United States bankruptcy courts function as units of the district courts and have subject-matter jurisdiction over bankruptcy cases. The federal district courts have original and exclusive jurisdiction over all cases arising under the bankruptcy code,, and bankruptcy cases cannot be filed in state court. Each of the 94 federal judicial districts handles bankruptcy matters.
Mecklenburg County is a county in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 32,727. Its county seat is Boydton.
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The Truman Bulldogs are the sports teams of Truman State University, located in Kirksville, Missouri, United States. They participate in the NCAA's Division II and in the Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC), joining the conference in 2013 after having been a member of the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA) since that league's creation in 1912.
Hazelwood School District et al. v. Kuhlmeier et al., 484 U.S. 260 (1988), was a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States that held that public school curricular student newspapers that have not been established as forums for student expression are subject to a lower level of First Amendment protection than independent student expression or newspapers established as forums for student expression.
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