28-U.S.C.-518
§518 – Conduct and Argument of Cases
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Title 28 > Part II > Chapter 31 > Section 518
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- Reference: Section 518
- Legend: §518 – Conduct and Argument of Cases
- USCode Year: 2013
Provision Content
(a) Except when the Attorney General in a particular case directs otherwise, the Attorney General and the Solicitor General shall conduct and argue suits and appeals in the Supreme Court and suits in the United States Court of Federal Claims or in the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and in the Court of International Trade in which the United States is interested.
(b) When the Attorney General considers it in the interests of the United States, he may personally conduct and argue any case in a court of the United States in which the United States is interested, or he may direct the Solicitor General or any officer of the Department of Justice to do so.
(Added Pub. L. 89–554, §4(c), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 613; amended Pub. L. 96–417, title V, §503, Oct. 10, 1980, 94 Stat. 1743; Pub. L. 97–164, title I, §117, Apr. 2, 1982, 96 Stat. 32; Pub. L. 102–572, title IX, §902(b)(1), Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4516.)
| Derivation | U.S. Code | Revised Statutes and Statutes at Large |
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| 5 U.S.C. 309. | R.S. §359. |
The words and writs of error are omitted on authority of the Act of Jan. 31, 1928, ch. 14, §1, 45 Stat. 54. The word considers is substituted for deems.
Amendments
1992—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102–572 substituted United States Court of Federal Claims for United States Claims Court.
1982—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 97–164 substituted United States Claims Court or in the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit for Court of Claims.
1980—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 96–417 required the Attorney General and the Solicitor General to conduct and argue suits in the Court of International Trade.
Effective Date of 1992 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 102–572 effective Oct. 29, 1992, see section 911 of Pub. L. 102–572, set out as a note under section 171 of this title.
Effective Date of 1982 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 97–164 effective Oct. 1, 1982, see section 402 of Pub. L. 97–164, set out as a note under section 171 of this title.
Effective Date of 1980 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 96–417 effective Nov. 1, 1980, and applicable with respect to civil actions pending on or commenced on or after such date, see section 701(a) of Pub. L. 96–417, set out as a note under section 251 of this title.
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