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[CITE: 28USC1397]

 
               TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
 
                     PART IV--JURISDICTION AND VENUE
 
                   CHAPTER 87--DISTRICT COURTS; VENUE
 
Sec. 1397. Interpleader

    Any civil action of interpleader or in the nature of interpleader 
under section 1335 of this title may be brought in the judicial district 
in which one or more of the claimants reside.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 936.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 41(26) (Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 
231, Sec. 24, par. 26, as added Jan. 20, 1936, ch. 13, Sec. 1, 49 Stat. 
1096).
    Provisions of section 41(26) of title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., relating 
to jurisdiction are the basis of section 1335 of this title and other 
provisions thereof are incorporated in section 2361 of this title.
    Words ``civil action'' were substituted for ``suit,'' in view of 
Rule 2 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
    Changes were made in phraseology.
