Only the following causes shall be entitled to preferences:
1. Issues in bankruptcy framed by an answer to a bankruptcy petition which
are triable by a jury;
2. Causes entitled to a preference under any statute of the United States;
3. Causes restored to the calendar for a new trial by the setting aside of a
former verdict, by reversal of a former judgment, or after a mistrial;
4. Causes to which a receiver appointed by any court or a trustee or debtor-
in-possession in a bankruptcy proceeding is a party;
5. Causes which, in the discretion of the assigned judge, are entitled to a
preference for meritorious reasons.
Preferences shall be obtained only by order of the Court on seven days’ notice of the
application.
