Volume 77

Public Law 88–234

To amend section 1391 of title 28 of the United States Code, relating to venue generally.

Approved December 23, 1963

Statutory text

AN ACT

To amend section 1391 of title 28 of the United States Code, relating to venue generally.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

That section 1391

District courts, venue.

62 Stat. 935; 76 Stat. 744.

of title 28 of the United States Code is amended by adding at the end thereof one new subsection as follows:

“(f)
A civil action on a tort claim arising out of the manufacture, assembly, repair, ownership, maintenance, use, or operation of an automobile may be brought in the judicial district wherein the act or omission complained of occurred.”
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Approved December 23, 1963.