Title 28 of the U.S. Code § 1911 - Supreme Court
Full text of § 1911 from Title 28 of the United States Code.
§ 1911. Supreme Court
The Supreme Court may fix the fees to be charged by its clerk.
The fees of the clerk, cost of serving process, and other necessary disbursements incidental to any case before the court, may be taxed against the litigants as the court directs.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 954.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §330 (Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, §223, 36 Stat. 1153).
The second paragraph was inserted to give statutory sanction to existing practice.
Changes were made in phraseology.
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