28 U.S.C. § 1357 — Injuries under Federal laws

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This section gives district courts original jurisdiction over certain actions seeking damages for injuries caused under federal revenue or voting-rights laws.

The district courts have original jurisdiction over a civil action brought by any person to recover damages for injury to the person or property caused by an act done under an Act of Congress to protect or collect federal revenue, or to enforce United States citizens’ right to vote in any State.

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The district courts shall have original jurisdiction of any civil action commenced by any person to recover damages for any injury to his person or property on account of any act done by him, under any Act of Congress, for the protection or collection of any of the revenues, or to enforce the right of citizens of the United States to vote in any State.

Source credit: (June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 934.)

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1948Enacted · Act of June 25, 1948, ch. 646 · 62 Stat. 934

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