Title 21 — Food and DrugsRelease 119-73
§467c Federal court jurisdiction of enforcement and injunction proceedings and other kinds of cases; limitations; United States as plaintiff; subpenas
Title 21 › Chapter CHAPTER 10— - POULTRY AND POULTRY PRODUCTS INSPECTION › § 467c
Summary
U.S. district courts and courts in U.S. territories, including Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa, can enforce this chapter and hear other cases under it, except as section 457(d) or 467 allows. Enforcement cases must be brought in the name of the United States, and subpoenas for witnesses may reach into other districts.
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Title 21, §467c
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The United States district courts, the District Court of Guam, the District Court of the Virgin Islands, the highest court of American Samoa, and the United States courts of the other territories, are vested with jurisdiction specifically to enforce, and to prevent and restrain violations of, this chapter, and shall have jurisdiction in all other kinds of cases arising under this chapter, except as provided in section 457(d) or 467 of this title. All proceedings for the enforcement or to restrain violations of this chapter shall be by and in the name of the United States. Subpenas for witnesses who are required to attend a court of the United States, in any district, may run into any other district in any such proceeding.
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21 U.S.C. § 467c
Title 21 — Food and Drugs
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73