---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 U.S.C. § 2102"
title: "28"
title_heading: "Judiciary and Judicial Procedure"
number: "2102"
heading: "Priority of criminal case on appeal from State court"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/28/2102"
units:
  - "Part V — Procedure"
  - "Chapter 133 — Review—miscellaneous Provisions"
---

# §2102. Priority of criminal case on appeal from State court


Criminal cases on review from [State courts](/usc/28/2113.md) shall have priority, on the docket of the Supreme Court, over all cases except cases to which the United States is a party and such other cases as the court may decide to be of public importance.


## Source credit

(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 962.)

## Notes

### Historical and Revision Notes

Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 351 (Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, § 253, 36 Stat. 1160; Jan. 31, 1928, ch. 14, § 1, 45 Stat. 54).

Changes were made in phraseology.