28 U.S.C. § 1333 — Admiralty, maritime and prize cases
submitted 78 years ago by ch. 646 to r/title-28-JUDICIARY-AND-JUDICIAL-PROCEDURE · 58 words · no verdicts yet
This section gives federal district courts exclusive original jurisdiction over civil admiralty and maritime cases, subject to the stated saving for suitors. It also covers prizes brought into the United States and condemnation proceedings.
The district* courts must have original jurisdiction, exclusive of the courts of the States, of: (1) Any civil case of admiralty or maritime jurisdiction, saving to suitors in all cases all other remedies to which they are otherwise entitled. (2) Any prize brought into the United States and all proceedings for the condemnation of property taken as prize.
The district* courts shall have original jurisdiction, exclusive of the courts of the States, of:
Any civil case of admiralty or maritime jurisdiction, saving to suitors in all cases all other remedies to which they are otherwise entitled.
Any prize brought into the United States and all proceedings for the condemnation of property taken as prize.
Source credit: (June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 931; May 24, 1949, ch. 139, § 79, 63 Stat. 101.)
- 1948Enacted · Act of June 25, 1948, ch. 646 · 62 Stat. 931
- 1949Amended · Act of May 24, 1949, ch. 139 · 63 Stat. 101
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 646 on 1948-06-25.
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