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28 U.S.C. § 1862 — Discrimination prohibited
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No citizen shall be excluded from service as a grand or petit juror in the district courts of the United States or in the Court of International Trade on account of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or economic status.
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No citizen shall be excluded from service as a grand or petit juror in the district courts of the United States or in the Court of International Trade on account of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or economic status.
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It is the policy of the United States that all litigants in Federal courts entitled to trial by jury shall have the right to grand and petit juries selected at random from a fair cross section of the community in the district or division wherein the court convenes. It is further the policy of the United States that all citizens shall have the opportunity to be considered for service on grand and petit juries in the district courts of the United States, and shall have an obligation to serve as jurors when summoned for that purpose.
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**(a)** The President shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, nine judges who shall constitute a court of record to be known as the United States Court of International Trade. Not more than five of such judges shall be from the same political party. The court is a court established under article III of the Constitution of the United States.
**(b)** The offices of the Court of International Trade shall be located in New York, New York.
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TITLE 28—JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
§ 1863
‘‘Disqualification of marshal or deputy’’ as item 1868,
‘‘Definitions’’ for ‘‘Frequency of service’’ as item 1869,
and reenacted items 1870–1874 without change.
§ 1861. Declaration of policy
It is the policy of the United States that all
litigants in Federal courts entitled to trial by
jury shall have the right to grand and petit ju-
ries selected at random from a fair cross section
of the community in the district or division
wherein the court convenes. It is further the pol-
icy of the United States that all citizens shall
have the opportunity to be considered for serv-
ice on grand and petit juries in the district
courts of the United States, and shall have an
obligation to serve as jurors when summoned for
that purpose.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 951; Pub. L. 85–315,
part V, § 152, Sept. 9, 1957, 71 Stat. 638; Pub. L.
90–274, § 101, Mar. 27, 1968, 82 Stat. 54.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §§ 411 and 415 (Mar.
3, 1911, ch. 231, §§ 275, 278, 38 Stat. 1164, 1165).
The revised section prescribes uniform standards of
qualification for jurors in Federal Courts instead of
making qualifications depend upon State laws. This is
in accord with proposed legislation recommended by
the Judicial Conference of the United States.
The last paragraph is added to exclude jurors incom-
petent to serve as jurors in State courts.
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
1968—Pub. L. 90–274 substituted provisions declaring
the policy of the United States with respect to trial by
jury and the opportunity to serve on such juries for
provisions setting out the required qualifications of
Federal jurors, including age, citizenship, residence,
freedom from conviction of certai
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