Pub. L. 100–702, title IV, § 401(a)102 Stat. 4648Pub. L. 101–650, title III104 Stat. 5115(Added , , ; amended , §§ 315, 321, , , 5117.)
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
June 25, 1948, ch. 64662 Stat. 961May 24, 1949, ch. 139, § 10363 Stat. 104July 18, 1949, ch. 343, § 263 Stat. 446May 10, 1950, ch. 174, § 264 Stat. 158Pub. L. 85–508, § 12(m)72 Stat. 348Pub. L. 89–773, § 180 Stat. 1323Pub. 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and Maritime Cases, promulgated by the Supreme Court on , effective , as revised, amended, and supplemented, were rescinded, effective , in accordance with the general unification of civil and admiralty procedure which became effective .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.