§ 1822. Jurisdiction of District Court; original jurisdiction; procedural requirements

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. 1977

   Pub. L. 95–157 § 2 · 91 Stat. 1265

   Enacted · 48 U.S.C. § 1822

   Pub. L. 95–157, § 2, Nov. 8, 1977, 91 Stat. 1266

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 95–157, § 2, Nov. 8, 1977, 91 Stat. 1266

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 2. (a) The District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands shall have the jurisdiction of a district court of the United States, except that in all causes arising under the Constitution, treaties, or laws of the United States, it shall have jurisdiction regardless of the sum or value of the matter in controversy. (b) The district court shall have original jurisdiction in all causes in the Northern Mariana Islands not described in subsection (a) jurisdiction over which is not vested by the Constitution or laws of the Northern Mariana Islands in a court or courts of the Northern Mariana Islands. In causes brought in the district court solely on the basis of this subsection, the district court shall be considered a court of the Northern Mariana Islands for the purposes of determining the requirements of indictment by grand jury or trial by jury.

2. 1984

   Pub. L. 98–454 title IX § 902 · 98 Stat. 1732

   1. Amended · 48 U.S.C. § 1822(a)

      Pub. L. 98–454 amended subsec. (a) generally

   2. Substituted · 48 U.S.C. § 1822(a)

      Pub. L. 98–454 substituting “, including, but not limited to, the diversity jurisdiction provided for in section 1332 of title 28 and that of a bankruptcy court of the United States” for “, except that in all causes arising under the Constitution, treaties, or laws of the United States, it shall have jurisdiction regardless of the sum or value of the matter in controversy”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98–454 amended subsec. (a) generally, substituting “, including, but not limited to, the diversity jurisdiction provided for in section 1332 of title 28 and that of a bankruptcy court of the United States” for “, except that in all causes arising under the Constitution, treaties, or laws of the United States, it shall have jurisdiction regardless of the sum or value of the matter in controversy”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 902. Section 2(a) of the Act of November 8, 1977 (91 Stat. 1266; 48 U.S.C. 1694a(a)), is amended to read as follows: “(a) The District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands shall have the jurisdiction of a District Court of the United States, including, but not limited to, the diversity jurisdiction provided for in section 1332 of title 28, United States Code, and that of a bankruptcy court of the United States.”.

   Effective date note
   Amendment by Pub. L. 98–454 effective on ninetieth day following Oct. 5, 1984, see section 1005 of Pub. L. 98–454, set out as a note under section 1424 of this title.

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