§283gg — Title 22 Foreign Relations and Intercourse | U.S. Code

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For civil lawsuits under the agreement brought in the United States, its territories, or Puerto Rico, the Corporation is treated as living in the federal district where its main U.S. office or its agent for accepting legal papers is located. Those cases are treated as federal-law cases, so U.S. district courts, including the courts listed in section 460 of title 28, can hear them. If the Corporation is sued in a state court, it can move the case into the proper federal district court before trial by following the removal rules in section 1446 of title 28.

Title 22, §283gg

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For the purposes of any civil action which may be brought within the United States, its territories or possessions, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, by or against the Corporation in accordance with the agreement, the Corporation shall be deemed to be an inhabitant of the Federal judicial district in which its principal office within the United States or its agent appointed for the purpose of accepting service or notice of service is located, and any such action to which the Corporation shall be a party shall be deemed to arise under the laws of the United States, and the district courts of the United States, including the courts enumerated in section 460 of title 28, shall have original jurisdiction of any such action. When the Corporation is a defendant in any action in a State court, it may at any time before the trial thereof remove the action into the appropriate district court of the United States by following the procedure for removal provided in section 1446 of title 28.

Editorial Notes

Codification Section is based on section 208 of title II of S. 2416, Ninety-eighth Congress, as introduced Mar. 13, 1984, and enacted into law by Pub. L. 98–473.

§283gg Jurisdiction of United States Courts

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Title 22, §283gg

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