28 U.S.C. § 2072 Rules of Procedure and Evidence; Power to Prescribe

• Library: United States Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through P.L. 118-30 (published on www.congress.gov on 12/21/2023)
• Year: 2023
• Citation: 28 U.S.C. § 2072

(a) The Supreme Court shall have the power to prescribe general rules of practice and procedure and rules of evidence for cases in the United States district courts (including proceedings before magistrate judges thereof) and courts of appeals.

(b) Such rules shall not abridge, enlarge or modify any substantive right. All laws in conflict with such rules shall be of no further force or effect after such rules have taken effect.

(c) Such rules may define when a ruling of a district court is final for the purposes of appeal under section 1291 of this title.

Cite as 28 U.S.C. § 2072

Source: Added Pub. L. 100-702, title IV, §401(a), Nov. 19, 1988, 102 Stat. 4648; amended Pub. L. 101-650, title III, §§315, Dec. 1, 1990, 321, Dec. 1, 1990, 104 Stat. 5115, 5117.

Notes from the Office of Law Revision Counsel

current through 5/22/2023

EDITORIAL NOTES

PRIOR PROVISIONS

A prior section 2072, acts June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 961; May 24, 1949, ch. 139, §103, 63 Stat. 104; July 18, 1949, ch. 343, §2, 63 Stat. 446; May 10, 1950, ch. 174, §2, 64 Stat. 158; July 7, 1958, Pub. L. 85-508, §12(m), 72 Stat. 348; Nov. 6, 1966, Pub. L. 89-773, §1, 80 Stat. 1323, authorized the Supreme Court to prescribe rules of civil procedure, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 100-702, §§401(a), 407, effective Dec. 1, 1988.

AMENDMENTS

1990-Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 101-650 added subsec. (c).