Number: RS20382
Title: MULTIDISTRICT JURISDICTION ACT OF 1999
Authors: P.L. Morgan, American Law Division 
Abstract: 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. Section 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 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.
Pages: 2
Date: Updated March 1, 2001