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