28 U.S.C. § 2504 — Plaintiff’s testimony
submitted 78 years ago by ch. 646 to r/title-28-JUDICIARY-AND-JUDICIAL-PROCEDURE · 137 words · no verdicts yet
This section allows the Court of Federal Claims to order a plaintiff to appear and answer questions under oath about the plaintiff’s claim. It sets rules for recording and using the testimony and for a plaintiff who does not comply.
The United States Court of Federal Claims can, at the request of the Attorney General, order any plaintiff to appear, upon reasonable notice, before any judge of the court and be examined on oath as to all matters pertaining to his claim. Such examination is reduced to writing by the judge, and is returned to and filed in the court, and can, at the discretion of the attorneys for the United States, be read and used as evidence on the trial. If any plaintiff, after such order is made and due and reasonable notice of it is given to him, fails to appear, or refuses to testify or answer fully as to all material matters within his knowledge, the court can order that the case must not be tried until he fully complies with such order.
The United States Court of Federal Claims may, at the instance of the Attorney General, order any plaintiff to appear, upon reasonable notice, before any judge of the court and be examined on oath as to all matters pertaining to his claim. Such examination shall be reduced to writing by the judge, and shall be returned to and filed in the court, and may, at the discretion of the attorneys for the United States, be read and used as evidence on the trial. If any plaintiff, after such order is made and due and reasonable notice thereof is given to him, fails to appear, or refuses to testify or answer fully as to all material matters within his knowledge, the court may order that the case shall not be tried until he fully complies with such order.
Source credit: (June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 976; Pub. L. 97–164, title I, § 139(c), Apr. 2, 1982, 96 Stat. 42; Pub. L. 102–572, title IX, § 902(a)(1), Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4516.)
- 1948Enacted · Act of June 25, 1948, ch. 646 · 62 Stat. 976
- 1982Amended · Pub. L. 97-164 · 96 Stat. 42
- 1992Amended · Pub. L. 102-572 · 106 Stat. 4516
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 646 on 1948-06-25.
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