Customs Courts Act of 1980

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Customs Courts Act of 1980 - Title I: Composition of the Court of International Trade and Assignment of Judges to Other Courts - Replaces the United States Customs Court with a new United States Court of International Trade as a court established under article III of the Constitution. Directs the President to designate a chief judge of such Court, who shall serve until the age of 70 years and another judge is designated. Eliminates the current stipulation that not more than five of the judges be of the same political party. Authorizes the Chief Justice to assign temporarily any Court of International Trade judge to perform duties in a court of appeals (as well as in a district court as currently provided). Authorizes the chief judge of the Court of International Trade to assign temporarily any judge of such court to serve as a judge of the Court of Claims (as well as the Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, as revised by this Act, as currently provided). Title II: Jurisdiction of the Court of International Trade - Grants to the Court of International Trade, in addition to the jurisdiction currently possessed by the Customs Court, exclusive jurisdiction to review: (1) certain counte…