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title_name: "JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE"
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# 28 U.S.C. § 1872 - Issues of fact in Supreme Court

## Text

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.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 953.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision NotesBased on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 343 (Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, § 235, 36 Stat. 1156). Changes were made in phraseology.