section 2321 of this titleAll actions specified in shall be brought by or against the United States.
June 25, 1948, ch. 64662 Stat. 969(, .)
Historical and Revision Notes
Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, § 21136 Stat. 1150Oct. 22, 1913, ch. 3238 Stat. 219Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 48 (, ; , ).
Word “actions” was substituted for “cases and proceedings”, in view of Rule 2 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
Lambert Run Coal Co. v. Baltimore & O. R. CoA provision authorizing intervention by the United States was omitted. The United States, under the provisions of this section, is a necessary and indispensable original party, and hence intervention is unnecessary. (See ., 1922, 42 S.Ct. 349, 258 U.S. 377, 66 L.Ed. 671.)