§ 1411. — Jury trials.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[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.
