§ 1410. — Venue of cases ancillary to foreign proceedings.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 28USC1410]
TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
PART IV--JURISDICTION AND VENUE
CHAPTER 87--DISTRICT COURTS; VENUE
Sec. 1410. Venue of cases ancillary to foreign proceedings
(a) A case under section 304 of title 11 to enjoin the commencement
or continuation of an action or proceeding in a State or Federal court,
or the enforcement of a judgment, may be commenced only in the district
court for the district where the State or Federal court sits in which is
pending the action or proceeding against which the injunction is sought.
(b) A case under section 304 of title 11 to enjoin the enforcement
of a lien against a property, or to require the turnover of property of
an estate, may be commenced only in the district court for the district
in which such property is found.
(c) A case under section 304 of title 11, other than a case
specified in subsection (a) or (b) of this section, may be commenced
only in the district court for the district in which is located the
principal place of business in the United States, or the principal
assets in the United States, of the estate that is the subject of such
case.
(Added Pub. L. 98-353, title I, Sec. 102(a), July 10, 1984, 98 Stat.
335.)
Effective Date
Section effective July 10, 1984, see section 122(a) of Pub. L. 98-
353, set out as a note under section 151 of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 1408 of this title.
