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Title 28 — Judiciary and Judicial Procedure

Part I · Chapter 5 — District Courts

§ 117. Oregon

Statutory text

Oregon constitutes one judicial district.

Court shall be held at Coquille, Eugene or Springfield, Klamath Falls, Medford, Pendleton, and Portland.

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. Title 28, United States Code, section —

    Pub. L. 80–646 · 62 Stat. 869

    Enacted · 28 U.S.C. § 117

    June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 888

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 888

  2. Pub. L. 91–272 § 7 · 84 Stat. 294

    Changed · 28 U.S.C. § 117

    Pub. L. 91–272 provided for holding court at Coquille

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 91–272 provided for holding court at Coquille.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 7. The second sentence of section 117 of title 28, United States Oregon. Code, is amended to read as follows: 64 Stat. 393. “Court shall be held at Coquille, Eugene, Klamath Falls, Medford, Pendleton, and Portland.”

  3. Pub. L. 106–518 title V § 502 · 114 Stat. 2410

    Substituted · 28 U.S.C. § 117

    Pub. L. 106–518 substituted “Eugene or Springfield” for “Eugene”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 106–518 substituted “Eugene or Springfield” for “Eugene”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 502. ADDITIONAL PLACE OF HOLDING COURT IN THE DISTRICT OF OREGON. Section 117 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by striking “Eugene” and inserting “Eugene or Springfield”.

2 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Notes

Historical and Revision Notes

Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 183 (Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, § 102, 36 Stat. 1122; Nov. 6, 1945, ch. 447, 59 Stat. 555).

Provisions relating to appointment and residence of deputies by the clerk and marshal, and maintenance of offices by said officers, were omitted as covered by sections 541 [see 561], 542 [see 561], and 751 of this title.

Changes in arrangement and phraseology were made.

Editorial Notes

Amendments1950–2000 · 3 rounds

2000

Pub. L. 106–518 substituted “Eugene or Springfield” for “Eugene”.

1970

Pub. L. 91–272 provided for holding court at Coquille.

1950

Act , provided for holding court at Eugene.

Credits

1948–2000 · 4 acts
  1. 1948June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 888
  2. 1950Aug. 3, 1950, ch. 514, 64 Stat. 393
  3. 1970Pub. L. 91–272, § 7, , 84 Stat. 297
  4. 2000Pub. L. 106–518, title V, § 502, , 114 Stat. 2422.
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(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 888; Aug. 3, 1950, ch. 514, 64 Stat. 393; Pub. L. 91–272, § 7, , 84 Stat. 297; Pub. L. 106–518, title V, § 502, , 114 Stat. 2422.)

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