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[CITE: 28USC101]

 
               TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
 
                     PART I--ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
 
                       CHAPTER 5--DISTRICT COURTS
 
Sec. 101. Massachusetts

    Massachusetts constitutes one judicial district.

          Court shall be held at Boston, New Bedford, Springfield, and 
                                       Worcester.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 882.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 167 (Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 
231, Sec. 87, 36 Stat. 1114; May 1, 1922, ch. 173, 42 Stat. 503; May 17, 
1926, ch. 306, 44 Stat. 559).
    Words ``and the terms at Boston shall not be terminated or affected 
by the terms at Springfield, New Bedford, or Worcester,'' were omitted 
as covered by section 138 of this title.
    Provisions relating to appointment of deputy clerks and deputy 
marshals, and maintenance of office by said deputies were omitted as 
covered by sections 541 [see 561], 542 [see 561], and 751 of this title.
    Provisions for furnishing rooms and accommodations at Springfield 
and Worcester were omitted as obsolete upon advice of Director of the 
Administrative Office of the United States Courts that federal 
accommodations have been provided at such places.
    A provision requiring the return of all process to the terms at 
Boston and the keeping of all court papers in the clerk's office at 
Boston, unless otherwise specially ordered by the court, was omitted, 
since such matters can be regulated more appropriately by court rule or 
order. See Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 4(g).
    The provision respecting court accommodations at New Bedford was 
omitted as covered by section 142 of this title.
    Changes in arrangement and phraseology were made.
