§ 2111. — Harmless error.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 28USC2111]
TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
PART V--PROCEDURE
CHAPTER 133--REVIEW--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Sec. 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.
(Added May 24, 1949, ch. 139, Sec. 110, 63 Stat. 105.)
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repealed), which applied to all courts of the United States and to all
cases therein and therefore was superseded only in part by the Federal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.
