28 USC § 1872 - Issues of fact in Supreme Court

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title: "28 USC § 1872 - Issues of fact in Supreme Court"
title_number: 28
title_name: "JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "1872"
section_name: "Issues of fact in Supreme Court"
chapter_number: 121
chapter_name: "JURIES; TRIAL BY JURY"
part_number: "V"
part_name: "PROCEDURE"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 953.)"
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# § 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.

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**Source Credit**: (June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 953.)

### Historical and Revision Notes

Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 343 (, ).

Changes were made in phraseology.