28 U.S.C. § 1876 — Trial by jury in the Court of International Trade
submitted 46 years ago by Pub. L. 96-417 to r/title-28-JUDICIARY-AND-JUDICIAL-PROCEDURE · 175 words · no verdicts yet
This section sets rules for jury trials in the Court of International Trade. It requires jury selection under this chapter and the applicable district court plan, assigns a clerk to select and summon the jury, and addresses juror qualifications, challenges, and compensation.
(a) In any civil action in the Court of International Trade that will be tried before a jury, the jury must be selected under this chapter and under the procedures in the jury selection plan of the district court* for the judicial district* where the case will be tried. This section does not define the term "jury selection plan."
(b) Whenever the Court of International Trade conducts a jury trial—
(1) the clerk of the district* court for the judicial district where the Court of International Trade is sitting, or an authorized deputy clerk, must act as the clerk of the Court of International Trade for selecting and summoning the jury;
(2) the jurors must have the same qualifications that section 1865(b) of this title establishes for jurors in the United States district courts;
(3) each party is entitled to challenge jurors under section 1870 of this title; and
(4) jurors must be compensated under section 1871 of this title.
In any civil action in the Court of International Trade which is to be tried before a jury, the jury shall be selected in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and under the procedures set forth in the jury selection plan of the district court* for the judicial district* in which the case is to be tried.
Whenever the Court of International Trade conducts a jury trial—
the clerk of the district* court for the judicial district in which the Court of International Trade is sitting, or an authorized deputy clerk, shall act as clerk of the Court of International Trade for the purposes of selecting and summoning the jury;
the qualifications for jurors shall be the same as those established by section 1865(b) of this title for jurors in the district courts of the United States;
each party shall be entitled to challenge jurors in accordance with section 1870 of this title; and
jurors shall be compensated in accordance with section 1871 of this title.
Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 96–417, title III, § 302(a), Oct. 10, 1980, 94 Stat. 1739.)
- 1980Enacted · Pub. L. 96-417 · 94 Stat. 1739
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