Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial ProcedureRelease 119-102
§6 Records of Former Court of Appeals
Title 28 › PART I — ORGANIZATION OF COURTS › CHAPTER 1 — SUPREME COURT › § 6
Summary
Keep records of appeals courts made before the Constitution in the Supreme Court clerk's office until placed in National Archives; the clerk must sell copies to anyone who asks, and those copies count the same as Supreme Court records.
Full Legal Text
Title 28, §6
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The records and proceedings of the court of appeals, appointed previous to the adoption of the Constitution, shall be kept until deposited with the National Archives of the United States in the office of the clerk of the Supreme Court, who shall furnish copies thereof to any person requiring and paying for them, in the manner provided by law for giving copies of the records and proceedings of the Supreme Court. Such copies shall have the same faith and credit as proceedings of the Supreme Court.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 329 (Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, § 222, 36 Stat. 1153). In a letter dated August 8, 1944, the clerk of the Supreme Court advised that many of the early records mentioned in this section were destroyed by fire. Others are on file in the Clerk’s office. Minor changes in phraseology were made.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1951—Act Oct. 25, 1951, inserted “until deposited with the National Archives of the United States” in first sentence.
Reference
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Citation
28 U.S.C. § 6
Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102