Talk:United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

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[edit] McMillian's death

This page needs updating--McMillian, a judicial pioneer (first African-American to serve on this court, and, I believe, also the first to serve on Missouri's Supreme Court), died about two weeks ago.

The update has been made.

— DLJessup (talk) 23:00, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Writing numbers

My "Trivia" section uses numeric figures instead of writing them out. Thus, "9 out of 11 judges" instead of "nine out of eleven judges." Which one is stylistically preferred?--Smashingworth 07:18, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Such small numbers are usually written out, though either way is fine. Here is the relevant section of the Manual of Style. NoSeptember ^talk 12:39, 15 April 2006 (UTC)