28 U.S.C. § 1873 — Admiralty and maritime cases
submitted 78 years ago by ch. 646 to r/title-28-JUDICIARY-AND-JUDICIAL-PROCEDURE · 73 words · no verdicts yet
In a qualifying admiralty or maritime contract or tort case involving a vessel of at least twenty tons, either party may demand a jury trial for all factual issues.
In an admiralty or maritime case about a contract or tort arising on or involving a vessel of 20 tons or more, the case qualifies only if the vessel is enrolled and licensed for coastal trade and used in commerce and navigation between places in different States on the lakes and navigable waters connecting them. If either party demands it, a jury must try all issues of fact.
In any case of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction relating to any matter of contract or tort arising upon or concerning any vessel of twenty tons or upward, enrolled and licensed for the coasting trade, and employed in the business of commerce and navigation between places in different states upon the lakes and navigable waters connecting said lakes, the trial of all issues of fact shall be by jury if either party demands it.
Source credit: (June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 953.)
- 1948Enacted · Act of June 25, 1948, ch. 646 · 62 Stat. 953
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 646 on 1948-06-25.
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