In all courts of the United States the parties may plead and conduct their own cases personally or by counsel as, by the rules of such courts, respectively, are permitted to manage and conduct causes therein.
June 25, 1948, ch. 64662 Stat. 944May 24, 1949, ch. 139, § 9163 Stat. 103(, ; , .)
Historical Revision Notes
Act1948
Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, § 27236 Stat. 1164Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 394 (, ).
section 2071 of this titleWords “as, by the rules of the said courts respectively, are permitted to manage and conduct causes therein,” after “counsel,” were omitted as surplusage. The revised section and effect no change in the procedure of the Tax Court before which certain accountants may be admitted as counsel for litigants under Rule 2 of the Tax Court.
Changes were made in phraseology.
Act1949
section 1654 of title 28This section restores in , U.S.C., language of the original law.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1949—Act , inserted “as, by the rules of such courts, respectively, are permitted to manage and conduct causes therein”.