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Title 28 — Judiciary and Judicial Procedure

Part IV · Chapter 85 — District Courts; Jurisdiction

§ 1356. Seizures not within admiralty and maritime jurisdiction

Statutory text

The district courts shall have original jurisdiction, exclusive of the courts of the States, of any seizure under any law of the United States on land or upon waters not within admiralty and maritime jurisdiction, except matters within the jurisdiction of the Court of International Trade under section 1582 of this title.

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. § 1356

    June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 934

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 934

  2. Customs Courts Act of 1980

    Pub. L. 96–417 title V § 508 · 94 Stat. 1727

    Inserted · 28 U.S.C. § 1356

    Pub. L. 96–417 inserted exception for matters within the jurisdiction of the Court of International Trade under section 1582 of this title

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 96–417 inserted exception for matters within the jurisdiction of the Court of International Trade under section 1582 of this title.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 508. Section 1356 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by inserting immediately before the period at the end thereof the following: “, except matters within the jurisdiction of the Court of International Trade under section 1582 of this title”.

    Effective date note
    Amendment by Pub. L. 96–417 applicable with respect to civil actions commenced on or after the 90th day after Nov. 1, 1980, see section 701(c)(1)(B) of Pub. L. 96–417, set out as a note under section 251 of this title.

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

Notes

Historical and Revision Notes

Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §§ 41(3) and 371(4) (Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, §§ 24, par. 3, 256, par. 4, 36 Stat. 1091, 1160; Oct. 6, 1917, ch. 97, § 1, 40 Stat. 395; June 10, 1922, ch. 216, § 1, 42 Stat. 634).

Section consolidates certain provisions of sections 41(3) and 371(4) of title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed. Other provisions of such sections are incorporated in section 1333 of this title.

Changes were made in arrangement and phraseology.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1980—Pub. L. 96–417 inserted exception for matters within the jurisdiction of the Court of International Trade under section 1582 of this title.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1980 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 96–417 applicable with respect to civil actions commenced on or after the 90th day after , see section 701(c)(1)(B) of Pub. L. 96–417, set out as a note under section 251 of this title.

Credits

1948–1980 · 2 acts
  1. 1948June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 934
  2. 1980Pub. L. 96–417, title V, § 508, , 94 Stat. 1743.
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(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 934; Pub. L. 96–417, title V, § 508, , 94 Stat. 1743.)

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