28 U.S.C. § 1369
Multiparty, multiforum jurisdiction
United States · Title 28 — JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE · Status: effective
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- 28 U.S.C. § 1369, Multiparty, multiforum jurisdiction, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/465221
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The district courts shall have original jurisdiction of any civil action involving minimal diversity between adverse parties that arises from a single accident, where at least 75 natural persons have died in the accident at a discrete location, if—
The district court shall abstain from hearing any civil action described in subsection (a) in which—
For purposes of this section—
the term “injury” means—
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.
- 21st Century Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization ActHouse: 400–4Senate: no recorded tally