28 U.S.C. § 1411
Section 1411 · Jury trials
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 155 court decisions — leading case Granfinanciera, S.A. v. Nordberg (1989)
Most recently applied in Harrington v. Purdue Pharma L.P. Revisions: 6/27/24 (June 2024)
Cases citing this section usually also cite 28 U.S.C. § 157 · 28 U.S.C. § 1334 · 28 U.S.C. § 158
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, this chapter and title 11 do not affect any right to trial by jury that an individual has under applicable nonbankruptcy law with regard to a personal injury or wrongful death tort claim.
(b) The district court may order the issues arising under section 303 of title 11 to be tried without a jury.
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Effective Date
Section effective July 10, 1984, except that subsec. (a) not applicable with respect to cases under Title 11, Bankruptcy, that are pending on July 10, 1984, or to proceedings arising in or related to such cases, see section 122(a), (b) of Pub. L. 98–353, set out as a note under section 151 of this title.