28 U.S.C. § 516 — Conduct of litigation reserved to Department of Justicereserved

submitted 60 years ago by Pub. L. 89-554 to r/title-28-JUDICIARY-AND-JUDICIAL-PROCEDURE · 46 words · no verdicts yet

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Reserves conduct of United States litigation and related evidence gathering to the Justice Department unless another law provides otherwise.

Unless otherwise authorized, Justice Department officers under the Attorney General’s direction must conduct litigation in which the United States, an agency, or an officer is a party or interested and must secure the evidence.

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Except as otherwise authorized by law, the conduct of litigation in which the United States, an agency, or officer thereof is a party, or is interested, and securing evidence therefor, is reserved to officers of the Department of Justice, under the direction of the Attorney General.

Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 89–554, § 4(c), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 613.)

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1966Enacted · Pub. L. 89-554 · 80 Stat. 613

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