28 U.S.C. § 6 — Records of former court of appeals

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Records from a court of appeals that existed before the Constitution stay with the Supreme Court clerk. The clerk keeps them until they go to the National Archives. Anyone can buy copies, and those copies count as official as Supreme Court records.

Before the Constitution was adopted, there was a court of appeals, and its records and proceedings still exist. Those records stay in the office of the clerk of the Supreme Court until they're deposited with the National Archives of the United States. The clerk must give copies of those records to anyone who asks for them and pays for them, following the same legal process used for giving out copies of the Supreme Court's own records and proceedings. Copies made this way carry the same legal trust and credibility as if they were actual Supreme Court proceedings.

the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

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.

Source credit: (June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 870; Oct. 25, 1951, ch. 562, § 4(7), 65 Stat. 640.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1948Enacted · Act of June 25, 1948, ch. 646 · 62 Stat. 870
1951Amended · Act of Oct. 25, 1951, ch. 562 · 65 Stat. 640

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 646 on 1948-06-25.

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