48 U.S.C. § 1822 | Jurisdiction of District Court; original jurisdiction; procedural requirements

(a)

section 1332 of title 28 The District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands shall have the jurisdiction of a District Court of the United States, including, but not limited to, the diversity jurisdiction provided for in and that of a bankruptcy court of the United States.

(b)

The district court shall have original jurisdiction in all causes in the Northern Mariana Islands not described in subsection (a) jurisdiction over which is not vested by the Constitution or laws of the Northern Mariana Islands in a court or courts of the Northern Mariana Islands. In causes brought in the district court solely on the basis of this subsection, the district court shall be considered a court of the Northern Mariana Islands for the purposes of determining the requirements of indictment by grand jury or trial by jury.

Pub. L. 95–157, § 2Nov. 8, 197791 Stat. 1266 Pub. L. 98–454, title IX, § 902Oct. 5, 198498 Stat. 1744(, , ; , , .)

Editorial Notes

Codification

section 1694a of this titleSection was formerly classified to .

Amendments

Pub. L. 98–454 section 1332 of title 281984—Subsec. (a). amended subsec. (a) generally, substituting “, including, but not limited to, the diversity jurisdiction provided for in and that of a bankruptcy court of the United States” for “, except that in all causes arising under the Constitution, treaties, or laws of the United States, it shall have jurisdiction regardless of the sum or value of the matter in controversy”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1984 Amendment

Pub. L. 98–454Oct. 5, 1984section 1005 of Pub. L. 98–454 section 1424 of this titleAmendment by effective on ninetieth day following , see , set out as a note under .

Effective Date

section 1825 of this titleFor effective date of this section, see and Effective Date of Constitution note thereunder.