28 U.S.C. § 656
Section 656 · Subpoenas
Amended 2 times on record
Applied in 13 court decisions — leading case United States v. Johnson (1944)
Most recently applied in Onvoy, Inc. v. SHAL, LLC. (September 2003)
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.
Rule 45 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (relating to subpoenas) applies to subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses and the production of documentary evidence at an arbitration hearing under this chapter.
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References in Text
The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, referred to in text, are set out in the Appendix to this title.
Amendments
1998—Pub. L. 105–315 amended section generally, substituting provisions relating to subpoenas for provisions relating to certification of arbitrators.