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[CITE: 28USC1411]

 
               TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
 
                     PART IV--JURISDICTION AND VENUE
 
                   CHAPTER 87--DISTRICT COURTS; VENUE
 
Sec. 1411. Jury trials

    (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, this 
chapter and title 11 do not affect any right to trial by jury that an 
individual has under applicable nonbankruptcy law with regard to a 
personal injury or wrongful death tort claim.
    (b) The district court may order the issues arising under section 
303 of title 11 to be tried without a jury.

(Added Pub. L. 98-353, title I, Sec. 102(a), July 10, 1984, 98 Stat. 
335.)


                             Effective Date

    Section effective July 10, 1984, except that subsec. (a) not 
applicable with respect to cases under Title 11, Bankruptcy, that are 
pending on July 10, 1984, or to proceedings arising in or related to 
such cases, see section 122(a), (b) of Pub. L. 98-353, set out as a note 
under section 151 of this title.
