FEDERAL RULES OF EVIDENCE

The text of the Federal Rules of Evidence enacted into law by Pub. L. 93–595, §1, Jan. 2, 1975, 88 Stat. 1929 , is set out in the Appendix to Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure. Rule 1101(b) of the Rules of Evidence provides that the rules apply generally to civil actions and proceedings, including admiralty and maritime cases, to criminal cases and proceedings, to contempt proceedings except those in which the court may act summarily, and to proceedings and cases under Title 11, Bankruptcy.