22 U.S.C. § 285f — Jurisdiction and venue of actions

submitted 60 years ago by Pub. L. 89-369 to r/title-22-FOREIGN-RELATIONS-AND-INTERCOURSE · 162 words · no verdicts yet

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This section sets where lawsuits involving the Bank can be filed in the U.S. The Bank is treated as living in the federal district where its main U.S. office is. Federal district courts have original jurisdiction, and the Bank can move state cases to federal court.

For any civil lawsuit that may be filed within the United States, its territories or possessions, or Puerto Rico, by or against the Bank under the agreement, the Bank is treated as living in the federal judicial district where its main U.S. office or agency is located. Any such lawsuit involving the Bank counts as arising under U.S. law, and the U.S. district courts — including the courts listed in section 460 of title 28 — have original jurisdiction over it. If the Bank is sued in a state court, it may, any time before trial, move the case to the U.S. district court for the right district, following the usual legal procedure for removing cases.

the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

For the purpose of any civil action which may be brought within the United States, its territories or possessions, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, by or against the Bank in accordance with the agreement, the Bank shall be deemed to be an inhabitant of the Federal judicial district in which its principal office or agency in the United States is located, and any such action to which the Bank shall be a party shall be deemed to arise under the laws of the United States, and the district courts of the United States, including the courts enumerated in section 460 of title 28, shall have original jurisdiction of any such action. When the Bank is a defendant in any action in a State court, it may, at any time before the trial thereof, remove such action into the district court of the United States for the proper district by following the procedure for removal of causes otherwise provided by law.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 89–369, § 8, Mar. 16, 1966, 80 Stat. 72.)

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1966Enacted · Pub. L. 89-369 · 80 Stat. 72

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