Title 28 — Judiciary and Judicial Procedure
Part IV · Chapter 89 — District Courts; Removal of Cases from State Courts
§ 1451. Definitions
Statutory text
For purposes of this chapter—
The term “State court” includes the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
The term “State” includes the District of Columbia.
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.
District of Columbia Court Reform and Criminal Procedure Act of 1970
Pub. L. 91–358 title I § 172(d)(1) · 84 Stat. 473
Enacted · 28 U.S.C. § 1451
(Added Pub. L. 91–358, title I, § 172(d)(1), July 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 591.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Added Pub. L. 91–358, title I, § 172(d)(1), July 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 591.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
(1) Chapter 89 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by 62 Stat. 937. 28 USC 1441–1450. adding at the end thereof the following new section: “§ 1451. Definitions “For purposes of this chapter— “(1) The term ‘State court’ includes the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, “(2) The term ‘State’ includes the District of Columbia.”
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective first day of seventh calendar month which begins after , see section 199(a) of Pub. L. 91–358, set out as an Effective Date of 1970 Amendment note under section 1257 of this title.
Credits
(Added Pub. L. 91–358, title I, § 172(d)(1), , 84 Stat. 591.)