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[CITE: 28USC1357]

 
               TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
 
                     PART IV--JURISDICTION AND VENUE
 
                CHAPTER 85--DISTRICT COURTS; JURISDICTION
 
Sec. 1357. Injuries under Federal laws

    The district courts shall have original jurisdiction of any civil 
action commenced by any person to recover damages for any injury to his 
person or property on account of any act done by him, under any Act of 
Congress, for the protection or collection of any of the revenues, or to 
enforce the right of citizens of the United States to vote in any State.

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


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 41(11) (Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 
231, Sec. 24, par. 11, 36 Stat. 1092.)
    Words ``any civil action'' were substituted for ``all suits,'' in 
view of Rule 2 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
    Minor changes were made in phraseology.