§ 1654. — Appearance personally or by counsel.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 28USC1654]
TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
PART V--PROCEDURE
CHAPTER 111--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 1654. Appearance personally or by counsel
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. 646, 62 Stat. 944; May 24, 1949, ch. 139, Sec. 91,
63 Stat. 103.)
Historical Revision Notes
1948 Act
Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 394 (Mar. 3, 1911, ch.
231, Sec. 272, 36 Stat. 1164).
Words ``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 section 2071 of this
title 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.
1949 Act
This section restores in section 1654 of title 28, U.S.C., language
of the original law.
Amendments
1949--Act May 24, 1949, inserted ``as, by the rules of such courts,
respectively, are permitted to manage and conduct causes therein''.
