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title: "28 U.S.C. § 257"
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title_number: 28
title_name: "JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE"
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chapter_name: "COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE"
section: "257"
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# 28 U.S.C. § 257 - Publication of decisions
## Text
All decisions of the Court of International Trade shall be preserved and open to inspection. The court shall forward copies of each decision to the Secretary of the Treasury or his designee and to the appropriate customs officer for the district in which the case arose. The Secretary shall publish weekly such decisions as he or the court may designate and abstracts of all other decisions.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 900, § 255; renumbered § 257 and amended Pub. L. 91271, title I, § 107, June 2, 1970, 84 Stat. 277; Pub. L. 96417, title V, § 501(6), Oct. 10, 1980, 94 Stat. 1742.)
## Notes
Historical and Revision NotesBased on section 1519 of title 19, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Customs Duties (June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 519, 46 Stat. 739). Changes in phraseology were made.
Editorial Notes
Amendments1980—Pub. L. 96417 redesignated the Customs Court as the Court of International Trade. 1970—Pub. L. 91271 inserted “or his designee” after “Secretary of the Treasury,” and substituted “to the appropriate customs officer” for “the collector”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1980 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 96417 effective Nov. 1, 1980, and applicable with respect to civil actions pending on or commenced on or after such date, see section 701(a) of Pub. L. 96417, set out as a note under section 251 of this title.
Effective Date of 1970 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 91271 effective Oct. 1, 1970, see section 122 of Pub. L. 91271, set out as an Effective Date note under section 256 of this title.