2013 US Code
Title 46 - Shipping
Subtitle III - Maritime Liability (§§ 30101 - 31343)
Chapter 311 - SUITS INVOLVING PUBLIC VESSELS (§§ 31101 - 31113)
Section 31104 - Venue
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 46 - SHIPPING |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 46 - SHIPPING Subtitle III - Maritime Liability CHAPTER 311 - SUITS INVOLVING PUBLIC VESSELS Sec. 31104 - Venue |
Contains | section 31104 |
Date | 2013 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 16, 2014 |
Positive Law | Yes |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 109-304, §6(c), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1521. |
Statutes at Large References | 43 Stat. 1112 120 Stat. 1521 |
Public Law Reference | Public Law 109-304 |
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(a)
(b)
(1) the action shall be brought in the district court of the United States for any district in which any plaintiff resides or has an office for the transaction of business; or
(2) if no plaintiff resides or has an office for the transaction of business in the United States, the action may be brought in the district court of the United States for any district.
(Pub. L. 109–304, §6(c), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1521.)
Revised Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
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31104 | 46 App.:782 (1st sentence). | Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 428, §2 (1st sentence), 43 Stat. 1112. |
In subsection (a), the words "charged with creating the liability" are omitted as unnecessary.
In subsection (b)(2), the words "in the United States" are omitted as unnecessary.
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