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Multidistrict Jurisdiction Act of 1999 (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date March 1, 2001
Report Number RS20382
Report Type Report
Authors P.L. Morgan, American Law Division
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
Summary:

The Multidistrict Jurisdiction Act of 1999, H.R. 2112 , 106th Congress, as passed by the Senate, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute, would overturn a Supreme Court ruling by amending 28 U.S.C. ¿ 1407. The present plain meaning of the statute requires a federal district court that has been deciding pretrial matters in cases consolidated from various district courts to transfer the cases back to the those courts for trial. This legislation would allow the court, which is familiar with the facts and law of the consolidated litigation, to retain the case for trial. The 106th Congress adjourned without taking further action.