28 U.S.C. § 4 : Judiciary And Judicial Procedure — Supreme Court — Organization Of Courts — Precedence Of Associate Justices

9 Feb 2017

Associate justices shall have precedence according to the seniority of their commissions. Justices whose commissions bear the same date shall have precedence according to seniority in age.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 869.)


Historical and Revision Notes

Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 322 (Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, § 216, 36 Stat. 1152).

Minor changes in phraseology were made.