{"data":{"id":"us/28-u.s.c.-4","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"28 U.S.C. § 4","heading":"Precedence of associate justices","body":"Associate justices shall have precedence according to the seniority of their commissions. Justices whose commissions bear the same date shall have precedence according to seniority in age.","path":["Title 28—JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE","CHAPTER 1—SUPREME COURT"],"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":"d9a5719cb98f3d002104027de5be199d0adc37fb84e118b7ca065ebbbec5eb97","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/28-u.s.c.-3","next":"us/28-u.s.c.-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}