§ 2104. Reviews of State court decisions

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1948

   Title 28, United States Code, section —

   Pub. L. 80–646 · 62 Stat. 869

   Enacted · 28 U.S.C. § 2104

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

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 962

2. 1988

   Pub. L. 100–352 § 5(d)(1) · 102 Stat. 662

   1. Substituted · 28 U.S.C. § 2104

      Pub. L. 100–352 substituted “Reviews of State court decisions” for “Appeals from State courts” in section catchline

   2. Amended · 28 U.S.C. § 2104

      Pub. L. 100–352 amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “An appeal to the Supreme Court from a State court shall be taken in the same manner and under the same regulations, and shall have the same effect, as if the judgment or decree appealed from had been rendered in a court of the United States.”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 100–352 substituted “Reviews of State court decisions” for “Appeals from State courts” in section catchline and amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “An appeal to the Supreme Court from a State court shall be taken in the same manner and under the same regulations, and shall have the same effect, as if the judgment or decree appealed from had been rendered in a court of the United States.”

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (1) Section 2104 of title 28, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: “§ 2104. Reviews of State court decisions “A review by the Supreme Court of a judgment or decree of a State court shall be conducted in the same manner and under the same regulations, and shall have the same effect, as if the judgment or decree reviewed had been rendered in a court of the United States.”.

   Effective date note
   Amendment by Pub. L. 100–352 effective ninety days after June 27, 1988, except that such amendment not to apply to cases pending in Supreme Court on such effective date or affect right to review or manner of reviewing judgment or decree of court which was entered before such effective date, see section 7 of Pub. L. 100–352, set out as a note under section 1254 of this title.

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