§ 104. Mississippi

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. 1948

   Title 28, United States Code, section —

   Pub. L. 80–646 · 62 Stat. 869

   Enacted · 28 U.S.C. § 104

   June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 883

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 883

2. 1967

   Pub. L. 90–92 · 81 Stat. 229

   Changed · 28 U.S.C. § 104(a)(1)

   Pub. L. 90–92 provided for holding court at Ackerman

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 90–92 provided for holding court at Ackerman.

3. 1970

   Pub. L. 91–546 § 3 · 84 Stat. 1412

   Changed · 28 U.S.C. § 104(b)(3)

   Pub. L. 91–546, § 3, provided for holding court at Natchez if suitable quarters and accommodations are furnished at no cost to the United States

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 91–546, § 3, provided for holding court at Natchez if suitable quarters and accommodations are furnished at no cost to the United States.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 3. That the last sentence of section 104(b) (3) of title 28, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: “Court for the western division shall be held at Natchez and Vicksburg: Provided, That court shall be held at Natchez if suitable quarters and accommodations are furnished at no cost to the United States.”

4. 1970

   Pub. L. 91–546 § 2 · 84 Stat. 1412

   Changed · 28 U.S.C. § 104(b)(4)

   Pub. L. 91–546, § 2, provided for holding court at Gulfport

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 91–546, § 2, provided for holding court at Gulfport.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 2. That the last sentence of section 104(b) (4) of title 28 of the United States Code is amended to read as follows: New York. “Court for the southern division shall be held at Biloxi and Gulf-port.”

5. 1978

   Federal District Court Organization Act of 1978

   Pub. L. 95–408 § 2(b) · 92 Stat. 883

   Changed · 28 U.S.C. § 104(a)(1)

   Pub. L. 95–408 provided for holding court at Corinth

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 95–408 provided for holding court at Corinth.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (b) The last sentence of section 104(a)(1) of title 28, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: “Court for the eastern division shall be held at Aberdeen, Ackerman, and Corinth.”.

6. 1999

   Pub. L. 106–130 § 1 · 113 Stat. 1677

   Struck · 28 U.S.C. § 104(b)(3)

   Pub. L. 106–130, in second sentence, struck out “: Provided, That court shall be held at Natchez if suitable quarters and accommodations are furnished at no cost to the United States” before period at end

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 106–130, in second sentence, struck out “: Provided, That court shall be held at Natchez if suitable quarters and accommodations are furnished at no cost to the United States” before period at end.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SECTION 1. HOLDING OF COURT AT NATCHEZ, MISSISSIPPI. Section 104(b)(3) of title 28, United States Code, is amended in the second sentence by striking all beginning with the colon through “United States”.

7. 2004

   Pub. L. 108–455 § 2 · 118 Stat. 3628

   Inserted · 28 U.S.C. § 104(a)(3)

   Pub. L. 108–455 inserted “and Cleveland” after “Clarksdale”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 108–455 inserted “and Cleveland” after “Clarksdale”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 2. HOLDING OF COURT AT CLEVELAND, MISSISSIPPI.   Section 104(a)(3) of title 28, United States Code, is amended in the second sentence by inserting “and Cleveland” after “Clarksdale”.

8. 2012

   Divisional Realignment Act of 2012

   Pub. L. 112–188 § 3 · 126 Stat. 1433

   1. Added · 28 U.S.C. § 104(a)

      Pub. L. 112–188 added subsec. (a)

   2. Struck · 28 U.S.C. § 104(a)

      Pub. L. 112–188 struck out former subsec. (a) which related to northern judicial district of Mississippi comprising four divisions and provided for holding court in those divisions

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 112–188 added subsec. (a) and struck out former subsec. (a) which related to northern judicial district of Mississippi comprising four divisions and provided for holding court in those divisions.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 3. REALIGNMENT WITHIN THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI.   Section 104 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following: “(a) The northern district comprises three divisions. “(1) The Aberdeen Division comprises the counties of Alcorn, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clay, Itawamba, Lee, Lowndes, Monroe, Oktibbeha, Prentiss, Tishomingo, Webster, and Winston.   “Court for the Aberdeen Division shall be held at Aberdeen, Ackerman, and Corinth. “(2) The Oxford Division comprises the counties of Benton, Calhoun, DeSoto, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Pontotoc, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tate, Tippah, Tunica, Union, and Yalobusha.   “Court for the Oxford Division shall be held at Oxford. “(3) The Greenville Division comprises the counties of Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Coahoma, Grenada, Humphreys, Leflore, Montgomery, Sunflower, and Washington.   “Court for the Greenville Division shall be held at Clarksdale, Cleveland, and Greenville.” .

9. 2013

   Pub. L. 113–61 § 1 · 127 Stat. 665

   Amended · 28 U.S.C. § 104(b)

   Pub. L. 113–61 amended subsec. (b) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (b) related to southern judicial district of Mississippi comprising five divisions and provided for holding court in those divisions

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 113–61 amended subsec. (b) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (b) related to southern judicial district of Mississippi comprising five divisions and provided for holding court in those divisions.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SECTION 1. REALIGNMENT OF SOUTHERN JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI.   Section 104(b) of title 28, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: “Southern District “(b) The southern district comprises four divisions. “(1) The Northern Division comprises the counties of Copiah, Hinds, Holmes, Issaquena, Kemper, Lauderdale, Leake, Madison, Neshoba, Newton, Noxubee, Rankin, Scott, Simpson, Sharkey, Smith, Warren, and Yazoo. Court for the Northern Division shall be held at Jackson. “(2) The Southern Division comprises the counties of George, Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River, and Stone. Court for the Southern Division shall be held at Gulfport. “(3) The Eastern Division comprises the counties of Clarke, Covington, Forrest, Jasper, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Lamar, Lawrence, Marion, Perry, Wayne, and Walthall. Court for the Eastern Division shall be held at Hattiesburg. “(4) The Western Division comprises the counties of Adams, Amite, Claiborne, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, Pike, and Wilkinson. Court for the Western Division shall be held at Natchez.” .

   Effective date note
   Pub. L. 113–61, § 2, Dec. 20, 2013, 127 Stat. 665, provided that: “This Act [amending this section] and the amendment made by this Act shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 20, 2013].”

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