{"data":{"id":"us/28-u.s.c.-1873","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"28 U.S.C. § 1873","heading":"Admiralty and maritime cases","body":"In any case of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction relating to any matter of contract or tort arising upon or concerning any vessel of twenty tons or upward, enrolled and licensed for the coasting trade, and employed in the business of commerce and navigation between places in different states upon the lakes and navigable waters connecting said lakes, the trial of all issues of fact shall be by jury if either party demands it.","path":["Title 28—JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE","CHAPTER 121—JURIES; TRIAL BY JURY"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc28@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:58:31Z","sha256":"0a6b808425449093e75fef39b6ba9f21332a76a9d0c2c0b65984bf9d45a65772","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/28-u.s.c.-1872","next":"us/28-u.s.c.-1874"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}
