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Title 15 — Commerce and Trade

Chapter 57 — Interstate Horseracing

§ 3007. Jurisdiction and venue

Statutory text

(a)

District court jurisdiction

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the district courts of the United States shall have jurisdiction over any civil action under this chapter, without regard to the citizenship of the parties or the amount in controversy.

(b)

Venue; service of process

A civil action under this chapter may be brought in any district court of the United States for a district located in the host State or the off-track State, and all process in any such civil action may be served in any judicial district of the United States.

(c)

Concurrent State court jurisdiction

The jurisdiction of the district courts of the United States pursuant to this section shall be concurrent with that of any State court of competent jurisdiction located in the host State or the off-track State.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Interstate Horseracing Act of 1978

    Pub. L. 95–515 § 8 · 92 Stat. 1811

    Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 3007

    (Pub. L. 95–515, § 8, Oct. 25, 1978, 92 Stat. 1814.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 95–515, § 8, Oct. 25, 1978, 92 Stat. 1814.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 8. jurisdiction and venue (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the district courts of the United States shall have jurisdiction over any civil action under this Act, without regard to the citizenship of the parties or the amount in controversy. (b) A civil action under this Act may be brought in any district court of the United States for a district located in the host State or the off-track State, and all process in any such civil action may be served in any judicial district of the United States. (c) The jurisdiction of the district courts of the United States pursuant to this section shall be concurrent with that of any State court of competent jurisdiction located in the host State or the off-track State.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

(Pub. L. 95–515, § 8, , 92 Stat. 1814.)

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