2021 US Code
Title 28 - Judiciary and Judicial Procedure
Part V - Procedure
Chapter 121 - Juries; Trial by Jury
Sec. 1870 - Challenges
| 28 U.S.C. § 1870 (2021) |
| §1870. Challenges |
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In civil cases, each party shall be entitled to three peremptory challenges. Several defendants or several plaintiffs may be considered as a single party for the purposes of making challenges, or the court may allow additional peremptory challenges and permit them to be exercised separately or jointly. All challenges for cause or favor, whether to the array or panel or to individual jurors, shall be determined by the court. |
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(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 953; Pub. L. 86–282, Sept. 16, 1959, 73 Stat. 565.) |
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HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §424 (Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, §287, 36 Stat. 1166). Provisions of section 424 of title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., relating to the number of peremptory challenges in criminal cases were deleted as superseded by Rule 24 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. The last sentence of the first paragraph was added to permit the same flexibility in the matter of challenges in civil cases as is permitted in criminal cases by said Rule 24. Words "without aid of triers" at end of section 424 of title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., were omitted as surplusage. Changes were made in phraseology. EDITORIAL NOTES AMENDMENTS 1959—Pub. L. 86–282 substituted "may" for "shall" after "several plaintiffs", and ", or the court may allow" for ". If there is more than one defendant the court may allow the defendants". |
| United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE |
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| Title 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE PART V - PROCEDURE CHAPTER 121 - JURIES; TRIAL BY JURY Sec. 1870 - Challenges |
| section 1870 |
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| January 3, 2022 |
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| 36 Stat. 1166 62 Stat. 953 73 Stat. 565 |
| Public Law 86-282 |
