28 U.S.C. § 1291
Final decisions of district courts
United States · Title 28 — JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE · Status: effective
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- 28 U.S.C. § 1291, Final decisions of district courts, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/465175
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The courts of appeals (other than the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit) shall have jurisdiction of appeals from all final decisions of the district courts of the United States, the United States District Court for the District of the Canal Zone, the District Court of Guam, and the District Court of the Virgin Islands, except where a direct review may be had in the Supreme Court. The jurisdiction of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit shall be limited to the jurisdiction described in sections 1292(c) and (d) and 1295 of this title.
Legislative history
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- Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1981House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally