§ 2111. Harmless error

Statutory text

On the hearing of any appeal or writ of certiorari in any case, the court shall give judgment after an examination of the record without regard to errors or defects which do not affect the substantial rights of the parties.

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.

1949
Pub. L. 81–139 § 110 · 63 Stat. 89
Enacted · 28 U.S.C. § 2111
(Added May 24, 1949, ch. 139, § 110, 63 Stat. 105.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Added May 24, 1949, ch. 139, § 110, 63 Stat. 105.)
Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 110. Title 28, United States Code, is further amended by inserting, 62 Stat. 964. 28 U. S. C., Supp. II, § 2110. immediately after section 2110 thereof, a new section, as follows: “§ 2111. Harmless error “On the hearing of any appeal or writ of certiorari in any case, the court shall give judgment after an examination of the record without regard to errors or defects which do not affect the substantial rights of the parties.”.

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Notes

Historical and Revision Notes

1949 Act

Incorporates in title 28, U.S.C., as section 2111 thereof, the harmless error provisions of section 269 of the Judicial Code (now repealed), which applied to all courts of the United States and to all cases therein and therefore was superseded only in part by the Federal Procedural Rules, which apply only to the United States district courts.

Credits

(Added May 24, 1949, ch. 139, § 110, 63 Stat. 105.)