2018 US Code
Title 22 - Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 7 - International Bureaus, Congresses, Etc.
Subchapter XI - International Finance Corporation
Sec. 282f - Jurisdiction and venue of actions

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Citation 22 U.S.C. § 282f (2018)
Section Name §282f. Jurisdiction and venue of actions
Section Text

For the purpose of any action which may be brought within the United States or its Territories or possessions by or against the Corporation in accordance with the Articles of Agreement of the Corporation, the Corporation shall be deemed to be an inhabitant of the Federal judicial district in which its principal office in the United States is located, and any such action at law or in equity to which the Corporation shall be a party shall be deemed to arise under the laws of the United States, and the district courts of the United States shall have original jurisdiction of any such action. When the Corporation is a defendant in any such action, it may, at any time before the trial thereof, remove such action from a State court into the district court of the United States for the proper district by following the procedure for removal of causes otherwise provided by law.

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(Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 788, §8, 69 Stat. 670.)

Editorial Notes FEDERAL RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE

One form of action, see rule 2, Title 28, Appendix, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 7 - INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC.
SUBCHAPTER XI - INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORPORATION
Sec. 282f - Jurisdiction and venue of actions
Contains section 282f
Date 2018
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 14, 2019
Positive Law No
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Statutes at Large References 69 Stat. 670
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