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[CITE: 28USC99]

 
               TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
 
                     PART I--ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
 
                       CHAPTER 5--DISTRICT COURTS
 
Sec. 99. Maine

    Maine constitutes one judicial district.

                   Court shall be held at Bangor and Portland.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 881; Pub. L. 95-573, Sec. 2, Nov. 2, 
1978, 92 Stat. 2458.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 160 (Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 
231, Sec. 85, 36 Stat. 1114; Dec. 22, 1911, ch. 7, 37 Stat. 51; Sept. 8, 
1916, ch. 475, Secs. 1, 3, 39 Stat. 850; Mar. 4, 1923, ch. 279, 42 Stat. 
1506).
    Changes in arrangement and phraseology were made.


                               Amendments

    1978--Pub. L. 95-573 struck out provision for two separate 
divisions, (1) the Northern Division comprising the counties of 
Aroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, Waldo, and 
Washington and (2) the Southern Division comprising the counties of 
Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Oxford, 
Sagadahoc, and York.


                    Effective Date of 1978 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 95-573 effective 180 days after Nov. 2, 1978, 
see section 6 of Pub. L. 95-573, set out as a note under section 93 of 
this title.
