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28 U.S.C. § 1333 — Admiralty, maritime and prize cases
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The district courts shall have original jurisdiction, exclusive of the courts of the States, of:
(1) Any civil case of admiralty or maritime jurisdiction, saving to suitors in all cases all other remedies to which they are otherwise entitled.
(2) Any prize brought into the United States and all proceedings for the condemnation of property taken as prize.
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The district courts shall have original jurisdiction, exclusive of the courts of the States, of:
(1) Any civil case of admiralty or maritime jurisdiction, saving to suitors in all cases all other remedies to which they are otherwise entitled.
(2) Any prize brought into the United States and all proceedings for the condemnation of property taken as prize.
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The district courts shall have original jurisdiction, exclusive of the courts of the States, of any seizure under any law of the United States on land or upon waters not within admiralty and maritime jurisdiction, except matters within the jurisdiction of the Court of International Trade under [section 1582 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title28-section1582&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a)** The United States district courts have original jurisdiction, exclusive of the courts of the States, of each prize and each proceeding for the condemnation of property taken as prize, if the prize is—
(1) brought into the United States, or the Commonwealths or possessions;
(2) brought into the territorial waters of a cobelligerent;
(3) brought into a locality in the temporary or permanent possession of, or occupied by, the armed forces of the United States; or
(4) appropriated for the use of the United States.
**(b)** The United States district courts, exclusive of the courts of the States, also have original jurisdiction of a prize cause in which the prize property—
(1) is lost or entirely destroyed; or
(2) cannot be brought in for adjudication because of its condition.
**(c)** The jurisdiction conferred by this section of prizes brought into the territorial waters of a cobelligerent may not be exercised, nor may prizes be appropriated for the use of the United States within those territorial waters, unless the government having jurisdiction over those waters consents to the exercise of the jurisdiction or to the appropriation.
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When the death of an individual is caused by wrongful act, neglect, or default occurring on the high seas beyond 3 nautical miles from the shore of the United States, the personal representative of the decedent may bring a civil action in admiralty against the person or vessel responsible. The action shall be for the exclusive benefit of the decedent’s spouse, parent, child, or dependent relative.
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TITLE 28—JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
§ 1333
Subsec. (a)(4). Pub. L. 94–583 added par. (4).
1964—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 88–439 inserted proviso
deeming an insurer of liability insurance, in an action
to which the insurer is not joined as a party-defendant,
a citizen, of the State of which the insured is a citizen,
as well as the State the insurer has been incorporated
by and the State where it has its principal place of
business.
1958—Pub. L. 85–554 included costs in section catch-
line.
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 85–554 substituted ‘‘$10,000’’ for
‘‘$3,000’’.
Subsecs. (b) to (d). Pub. L. 85–554 added subsecs. (b)
and (c) and redesignated former subsec. (b) as (d).
1956—Subsec. (b). Act July 26, 1956, included the Com-
monwealth of Puerto Rico.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2011 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 112–63, title I, § 105, Dec. 7, 2011, 125 Stat. 762,
provided that:
‘‘(a) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), the
amendments made by this title [enacting section 1455
of this title and amending this section and sections
1441, 1446, and 1453 of this title] shall take effect upon
the expiration of the 30-day period beginning on the
date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 7, 2011], and
shall apply to any action or prosecution commenced on
or after such effective date.
‘‘(b) TREATMENT
OF
CASES
REMOVED
TO
FEDERAL
COURT.—For purposes of subsection (a), an action or
prosecution commenced in State court and removed to
Federal court shall be deemed to commence on the date
the action or prosecution was commenced, within the
meaning of State law, in State court.’’
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2005 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 109–2, § 9, Feb. 18, 2005, 119 Stat. 14, provided
that: ‘‘The amendments made by this Act [enacting
chapter 114 and s
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