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Title 28 - Judiciary and Judicial Procedure
Part I - Organization of Courts
Chapter 1 - Supreme Court
Sec. 4 - Precedence of associate justices
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28 U.S.C. § 4 (2018) |
§4. Precedence of associate justices |
Associate justices shall have precedence according to the seniority of their commissions. Justices whose commissions bear the same date shall have precedence according to seniority in age. |
(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 869.) |
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §322 (Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, §216, 36 Stat. 1152). Minor changes in phraseology were made. |
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Title 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS CHAPTER 1 - SUPREME COURT Sec. 4 - Precedence of associate justices |
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36 Stat. 1152 62 Stat. 869 |
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