7 U.S.C. § 197b
Choice of law and venue
United States · Title 7 — AGRICULTURE · Status: effective
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- 7 U.S.C. § 197b, Choice of law and venue, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/428674
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The forum for resolving any dispute among the parties to a poultry growing arrangement or swine production or marketing contract that arises out of the arrangement or contract shall be located in the Federal judicial district in which the principle part of the performance takes place under the arrangement or contract.
A poultry growing arrangement or swine production or marketing contract may specify which State’s law is to apply to issues governed by State law in any dispute arising out of the arrangement or contract, except to the extent that doing so is prohibited by the law of the State in which the principal part of the performance takes place under the arrangement or contract.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008
- Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008