28 USC § 871 - Clerk, chief deputy clerk, assistant clerk, deputies, assistants, and other employees

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title: "28 USC § 871 - Clerk, chief deputy clerk, assistant clerk, deputies, assistants, and other employees"
title_number: 28
title_name: "JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "871"
section_name: "Clerk, chief deputy clerk, assistant clerk, deputies, assistants, and other employees"
chapter_number: 55
chapter_name: "COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE"
part_number: "III"
part_name: "COURT OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 925; Pub. L. 86–243, § 1, Sept. 9, 1959, 73 Stat. 474; Pub. L. 96–417, title V, § 501(17), Oct. 10, 1980, 94 Stat. 1742.)"
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# § 871. Clerk, chief deputy clerk, assistant clerk, deputies, assistants, and other employees

The Court of International Trade may appoint a clerk, a chief deputy clerk, an assistant clerk, deputy clerks, and such deputies, assistants, and other employees as may be necessary for the effective dispatch of the business of the court, who shall be subject to removal by the court.

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**Source Credit**: (June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 925; Pub. L. 86–243, § 1, Sept. 9, 1959, 73 Stat. 474; Pub. L. 96–417, title V, § 501(17), Oct. 10, 1980, 94 Stat. 1742.)

### Historical and Revision Notes

Based on , U.S.C., 1940 ed., Customs Duties (, ; , ; , ; , title IV, §§ 518, 649, , 762).

Section is based on the last two sentences of , U.S.C., 1940 ed., which provided for appointment by the Attorney General in conformity with the civil service laws. This and other administrative powers of the Department of Justice with respect to the courts were transferred to the Administrative Office of the United States Courts by , U.S.C., 1940 ed., which is . The revised section vests the power of appointment in the chief judge to conform with  and rules 5 and 22 of the Rules of the Customs Court adopted .

Changes were made in phraseology.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1980— redesignated the Customs Court as the Court of International Trade.

1959— included chief deputy clerk and assistant clerk in section catchline, transferred the appointing authority from the chief judge to the Customs Court, provided for appointment of a chief deputy clerk, an assistant clerk and deputy clerks and for power of removal and deleted reference to the civil service laws with respect to appointments.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1980 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , and applicable with respect to civil actions pending on or commenced on or after such date, see , set out as a note under .

### Savings Provision

> “Nothing contained in the amendments made by this Act [enacting section 873 and amending this section and sections 253, 550, and 872 of this title] shall be construed to deprive any person serving on the date of enactment of this Act [
> 
> ] as an officer or employee of the Customs Court of any rights, privileges, or civil service status, if any, to which such person is entitled under the laws of the United States or regulations thereunder.”

, , , provided that: