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A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, with respect to United States District Court jurisdiction regarding certain actions involving citizens of the United States and foreign persons.
Introduced: December 21, 1987
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 25, 1988
Subcommittee on Courts and Administrative Practice. Hearings held.
Jan 25, 1988
Referred to Subcommittee on Courts and Administrative Practice.
Dec 21, 1987
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Dec 21, 1987
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Amends the Federal judicial code to grant U.S. district courts personal jurisdiction over citizens and subjects of foreign states in actions relating to the purchase or use of a product manufactured outside of the United States (provided such citizen or subject knew or should have known that the product would be imported for sale or use in the United States).
Permits removal of such actions (without regard to whether all interested parties were properly joined and served) to an appropriate Federal district court.
States that the law of the place of injury shall govern all issues concerning liability and damages in such actions.
What's happening now
Subcommittee on Courts and Administrative Practice. Hearings held.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1