28 USC § 756 - Power to appoint

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identifier: "/us/usc/t28/s756"
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title: "28 USC § 756 - Power to appoint"
title_number: 28
title_name: "JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "756"
section_name: "Power to appoint"
chapter_number: 49
chapter_name: "DISTRICT COURTS"
part_number: "III"
part_name: "COURT OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES"
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. 923.)"
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# § 756. Power to appoint

Whenever a majority of the district judges of any district court cannot agree upon the appointment of any officer of such court, the chief judge shall make such appointment.

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**Source Credit**: (June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 923.)

### Historical and Revision Notes

Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 375 (, ; , ch.29, § 6, ; , ; , §§ 1, 3, , 219).

Only part of , U.S.C., 1940 ed., appears in this section. The remainder is incorporated in sections 136, 294 and 371 of this title.

The term “chief judge” was substituted for “senior district judge”. (See reviser’s note under .)

Minor changes in phraseology were made.