Pub. L. 100–702, title IV, § 401(a)102 Stat. 4648 Pub. L. 101–650, title III104 Stat. 5115 (Added , , ; amended , §§ 315, 321, , , 5117.)
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
June 25, 1948, ch. 646 62 Stat. 961 May 24, 1949, ch. 139, § 103 63 Stat. 104 July 18, 1949, ch. 343, § 2 63 Stat. 446 May 10, 1950, ch. 174, § 2 64 Stat. 158 Pub. L. 85–508, § 12(m)72 Stat. 348 Pub. L. 89–773, § 180 Stat. 1323 Pub. L. 100–702A prior section 2072, acts , ; , ; , ; , ; , , ; , , , authorized the Supreme Court to prescribe rules of civil procedure, prior to repeal by , §§ 401(a), 407, effective .
Amendments
Pub. L. 101–6501990—Subsec. (c). added subsec. (c).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
section 321 of Pub. L. 101–650section 631 of this titleWords “magistrate judges” substituted for “magistrates” in subsec. (a) pursuant to , set out as a note under .
Effective Date
section 407 of Pub. L. 100–702section 2071 of this titleSection effective , see , set out as an Effective Date of 1988 Amendment note under .
Applicability to Virgin Islands
section 1615 of Title 48Rules of civil procedure promulgated under this section as applicable to the District Court of the Virgin Islands, see , Territories and Insular Possessions.
Court Rules
Admiralty Rules
The Rules of Practice in Admiralty and Maritime Cases, promulgated by the Supreme Court on , effective , as revised, amended, and supplemented, were rescinded, effective , in accordance with the general unification of civil and admiralty procedure which became effective . Provision for certain distinctly maritime remedies were preserved however, in the Supplemental Rules for Certain Admiralty and Maritime Claims, Rules A to F, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Appendix to this title. The Supplemental Rules for Certain Admiralty and Maritime Claims were subsequently renamed the Supplemental Rules for Admiralty or Maritime Claims and Asset Forfeiture Actions.