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 62 STAT.] 80TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CH. 646-JUNE 25, 1948 § 1257. State courts; appeal; certiorari Final judgments or decrees rendered by the highest court of a State in which a decision could be had, may be reviewed by the Supreme Court as follows: (1) By appeal, where is drawn in question the validity of a treaty or statute of the United States and the decision is against its validity. (2) By appeal, where is drawn in question the validity of a statute of any state on the ground of its being repugnant to the Constitution, treaties or laws of the United States, and the decision is in favor of its validity. (3) By writ of certiorari, where the validity of a treaty or statute of the United States is drawn in question or where the validity of a State statute is drawn in question on the ground of its being repug- nant to the Constitution, treaties or laws of the United States, or where any title, right, privilege or immunity is specially set up or claimed under the Constitution, treaties or statutes of, or commission held or authority exercised under, the United States. CHAPTER 83-COURTS OF APPEALS Sec. 1291. Final decisions of district courts. 1292. Interlocutory decisions. 1293. Final decisions of Puerto Rico and Hawaii Supreme Courts. 1294. Circuits in which decisions reviewable. § 1291. Final decisions of district courts The courts of appeals shall have jurisdiction of appeals from all final decisions of the district courts of the United States, the District Court for the Territory of Alaska, the United States District Court for the District of the Canal Zone, and the District Court of the Virgin Islands, except where a direct review may be had in the Supreme Court. § 1292. Interlocutory decisions The courts of appeals shall have jurisdiction of appeals from: (1) Interlocutory orders of the district courts of the United States, the District Court for the Territory of Alaska, the United States Dis- trict Court for the District of the Canal Zone, and the District Court of the Virgin Islands, or of the judges thereof, granting, continuing, modifying, refusing or dissolving injunctions, or refusing to dissolve or modify injunctions, except where a direct review may be had in the Supreme Court; (2) Interlocutory orders appointing receivers, or refusing orders to wind up receiverships or to take steps to accomplish the purposes thereof, such as directing sales or other disposals of property; (3) Interlocutory decrees of such district courts or the judges thereof determining the rights and liabilities of the parties to ad- miralty cases in which appeals from final decrees are allowed; (4) Judgments in civil actions for patent infringement which are final except for accounting. § 1293. Final decisions of Puerto Rico and Hawaii Supreme Courts The courts of appeals for the First and Ninth Circuits shall have jurisdiction of appeals from all final decisions of the supreme courts of Puerto Rico and Hawaii, respectively in all cases involving the Constitution, laws or treaties of the United States or any authority exercised thereunder, in all habeas corpus proceedings, and in all other civil cases where the value in controversy exceeds $5,000, exclusive of interest and costs. 68706--49 -t. 1- - - 9 929

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