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[CITE: 28USC2102]

 
               TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
 
                            PART V--PROCEDURE
 
              CHAPTER 133--REVIEW--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 2102. Priority of criminal case on appeal from State court

    Criminal cases on review from State courts shall have priority, on 
the docket of the Supreme Court, over all cases except cases to which 
the United States is a party and such other cases as the court may 
decide to be of public importance.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 962.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 351 (Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 
231, Sec. 253, 36 Stat. 1160; Jan. 31, 1928, ch. 14, Sec. 1, 45 Stat. 
54).
    Changes were made in phraseology.
