28 U.S.C. § 1351 — Consuls, vice consuls, and members of a diplomatic mission as defendant
submitted 78 years ago by ch. 646 to r/title-28-JUDICIARY-AND-JUDICIAL-PROCEDURE · 53 words · no verdicts yet
Federal district courts have exclusive jurisdiction over all civil actions and proceedings against foreign consuls, vice consuls, and specified members of diplomatic missions or their families.
The district* courts have original jurisdiction, exclusive of State courts, over all civil actions and proceedings against (1) consuls or vice consuls of foreign states, or (2) members of a mission or members of their families. This section says that “members of a mission” and “members of their families” have the meanings given in section 2 of the Diplomatic Relations Act; this section does not define those terms.
The district* courts shall have original jurisdiction, exclusive of the courts of the States, of all civil actions and proceedings against—
consuls or vice consuls of foreign states; or
members of a mission or members of their families (as such terms are defined in section 2 of the Diplomatic Relations Act).
Source credit: (June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 934; May 24, 1949, ch. 139, § 80(c), 63 Stat. 101; Pub. L. 95–393, § 8(a)(1), Sept. 30, 1978, 92 Stat. 810.)
- 1948Enacted · Act of June 25, 1948, ch. 646 · 62 Stat. 934
- 1949Amended · Act of May 24, 1949, ch. 139 · 63 Stat. 101
- 1978Amended · Pub. L. 95-393 · 92 Stat. 810
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 646 on 1948-06-25.
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