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[CITE: 28USC1451]

 
               TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
 
                     PART IV--JURISDICTION AND VENUE
 
     CHAPTER 89--DISTRICT COURTS; REMOVAL OF CASES FROM STATE COURTS
 
Sec. 1451. Definitions

    For purposes of this chapter--
    (1) The term ``State court'' includes the Superior Court of the 
District of Columbia.
    (2) The term ``State'' includes the District of Columbia.

(Added Pub. L. 91-358, title I, Sec. 172(d)(1), July 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 
591.)


                             Effective Date

    Section effective first day of seventh calendar month which begins 
after July 29, 1970, see section 199(a) of Pub. L. 91-358, set out as an 
Effective Date of 1970 Amendment note under section 1257 of this title.
