28 U.S.C. § 1872
Issues of fact in Supreme Court
In all original actions at law in the Supreme Court against citizens of the United States, issues of fact shall be tried by a jury.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1950–1963 · leading case: United States v. Louisiana
United States v. Louisiana (1950)
“953 , 28 U. S. C. § 1872 , require a jury. 1 The United States then moved for judgment on the ground that Louisiana’s asserted defenses were insufficient in law.”
United States v. Ross R. Barnett and Paul B. Johnson, Jr (1963)
“Apparently the Supreme Court of the United States has had no difficulty in the procux-ement of juries.”
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