2019 US Code
Title 28 - Judiciary and Judicial Procedure
Part I - Organization of Courts
Chapter 1 - Supreme Court
Sec. 6 - Records of former court of appeals
| 28 U.S.C. § 6 (2019) |
| §6. Records of former court of appeals |
|
The records and proceedings of the court of appeals, appointed previous to the adoption of the Constitution, shall be kept until deposited with the National Archives of the United States in the office of the clerk of the Supreme Court, who shall furnish copies thereof to any person requiring and paying for them, in the manner provided by law for giving copies of the records and proceedings of the Supreme Court. Such copies shall have the same faith and credit as proceedings of the Supreme Court. |
|
(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 870; Oct. 25, 1951, ch. 562, §4(7), 65 Stat. 640.) |
|
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §329 (Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, §222, 36 Stat. 1153). In a letter dated August 8, 1944, the clerk of the Supreme Court advised that many of the early records mentioned in this section were destroyed by fire. Others are on file in the Clerk's office. Minor changes in phraseology were made. AMENDMENTS1951—Act Oct. 25, 1951, inserted "until deposited with the National Archives of the United States" in first sentence. |
| United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE |
| Bills and Statutes |
| United States Code |
| Y 1.2/5: |
| Title 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS CHAPTER 1 - SUPREME COURT Sec. 6 - Records of former court of appeals |
| section 6 |
| 2019 |
| January 24, 2020 |
| Yes |
| standard |
| 36 Stat. 1153 62 Stat. 870 65 Stat. 640 |
