28 U.S.C. § 112

Historical and Revision Notes

Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, § 9736 Stat. 1119Jan. 21, 1920, ch. 5041 Stat. 394July 1, 1922, ch. 26042 Stat. 812Aug. 12, 1937, ch. 59150 Stat. 623Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §§ 178 and 178a (, ; , ; , ; , ).

section 178 of title 28section 178a of title 28A reference in , U.S.C., 1940 ed., to Franklin County in the list of Counties in the Northern District, in which one term might be held annually, in the discretion of the judge, was omitted as superseded by the provisions of said , requiring an annual term to be held at Malone, which is in Franklin County.

References to seizures made, matters done and processes or orders issued respecting waters within the concurrent jurisdiction of the southern and eastern districts, were omitted as unnecessary and covered by the revised language.

section 141 of this titleProvision for 20 days’ notice of the special term authorized in the discretion of the court in the counties of Clinton, Jefferson, Onondaga, Oswego, Rensselaer, St. Lawrence, Saratoga, and Schenectady was omitted as unnecessary, in view of providing for such notice as the district judge orders.

section 292 of this titleThe special provision permitting any district judge in New York to act as judge in any other district in that State upon request of the resident district judge was omitted, thus making applicable the uniform procedure for designation and assignment of district judges throughout the United States, provided by .

Words “with the waters thereof” after the list of counties in each district were omitted as unnecessary and inconsistent with other sections of this chapter.

The provisions with reference to the return of process in admiralty cases, the designation of judges and their powers, and the holding of sessions for the hearing of motions and for proceedings in bankruptcy and admiralty, were omitted as unnecessary and more properly the subject of rule of court.

section 142 of this titleThe provisions of sections 178 and 178a of title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., respecting court accommodations at Malone and in the counties of Schenectady, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Onondaga, St. Lawrence, Clinton, Jefferson, Oswego, and Franklin, were omitted as covered by .

The county of Bronx, in the southern district, was formed out of a part of New York County in 1912.

Lockport was omitted as a place of holding court in the Western District. Court has not been held there for 32 years.

Changes were made in arrangement and phraseology.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

Pub. L. 108–4822004—Subsec. (a). inserted “Plattsburgh,” after “Malone,”.

Pub. L. 108–455 substituted “Watertown, and Plattsburgh” for “and Watertown”.

Pub. L. 106–1131999—Subsec. (c). amended last sentence generally. Prior to amendment, last sentence read as follows: “Court for the Eastern District shall be held at Brooklyn, Hauppauge, and Hempstead (including the village of Uniondale).”

Pub. L. 104–3171996—Subsec. (b). amended last sentence generally, substituting “Court for the Southern District shall be held at New York, White Plains, and in the Middletown-Wallkill area of Orange County or such nearby location as may be deemed appropriate.” for “Court for the Southern District shall be held at New York and White Plains.”

Pub. L. 101–6501990—Subsec. (a). substituted “Utica, and Watertown” for “and Utica”.

Pub. L. 98–6201984—Subsec. (c). provided for holding court at Hauppauge.

Pub. L. 95–408, § 4(c)(1)1978—Subsec. (a). , added counties of Columbia, Greene, and Ulster to those counties comprising the Northern District of New York.

Pub. L. 95–573Subsec. (b). provided for holding court at White Plains.

Pub. L. 95–408, § 4(c)(2), struck out Columbia, Greene, and Ulster from those counties comprising the Southern District of New York.

Pub. L. 95–271Subsec. (c). substituted “and Hempstead (including the village of Uniondale)” for “Mineola, and Westbury”.

Pub. L. 91–5461970—Subsec. (c). provided for holding court at Westbury.

Pub. L. 90–2171967—Subsec. (c). provided for holding court at Mineola.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1984 Amendment

Pub. L. 98–620Jan. 1, 1985section 411 of Pub. L. 98–620section 85 of this titleAmendment by effective , and not to affect the composition, or preclude the service, of any grand or petit jury summoned, impaneled, or actually serving on that date, see , set out as a note under .

Effective Date of 1978 Amendment; Savings Provision

Pub. L. 95–408Oct. 2, 1978section 5 of Pub. L. 95–408section 89 of this titleAmendment by effective 180 days after , with such amendment not to affect the composition or preclude the service of any grand or petit juror summoned, empaneled, or actually serving in any judicial district on the effective date of this Act, see , set out as a note under .

Pretermission of Regular Session of Court at Hempstead and Holding of Special Session at Westbury; Procedures Applicable, Appropriations, Etc.

Pub. L. 95–271Apr. 28, 197892 Stat. 221