28 U.S.C. § 104

Mississippi

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Mississippi is divided into two judicial districts to be known as the northern and southern districts of Mississippi.

Northern District

(a) The northern district comprises three divisions.

(1) The Aberdeen Division comprises the counties of Alcorn, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clay, Itawamba, Lee, Lowndes, Monroe, Oktibbeha, Prentiss, Tishomingo, Webster, and Winston.

Court for the Aberdeen Division shall be held at Aberdeen, Ackerman, and Corinth.

(2) The Oxford Division comprises the counties of Benton, Calhoun, DeSoto, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Pontotoc, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tate, Tippah, Tunica, Union, and Yalobusha.

Court for the Oxford Division shall be held at Oxford.

(3) The Greenville Division comprises the counties of Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Coahoma, Grenada, Humphreys, Leflore, Montgomery, Sunflower, and Washington.

Court for the Greenville Division shall be held at Clarksdale, Cleveland, and Greenville.

Southern District

(b) The southern district comprises four divisions.

(1) The Northern Division comprises the counties of Copiah, Hinds, Holmes, Issaquena, Kemper, Lauderdale, Leake, Madison, Neshoba, Newton, Noxubee, Rankin, Scott, Simpson, Sharkey, Smith, Warren, and Yazoo.

Court for the Northern Division shall be held at Jackson.

(2) The Southern Division comprises the counties of George, Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River, and Stone.

Court for the Southern Division shall be held at Gulfport.

(3) The Eastern Division comprises the counties of Clarke, Covington, Forrest, Jasper, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Lamar, Lawrence, Marion, Perry, Wayne, and Walthall.

Court for the Eastern Division shall be held at Hattiesburg.

(4) The Western Division comprises the counties of Adams, Amite, Claiborne, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, Pike, and Wilkinson.

Court for the Western Division shall be held at Natchez.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 29 cases (15 in the last 5 years), 1941–2026 · leading case: Ex Parte Collett, 337 U.S. 55 (1949).

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Ex Parte Collett, 337 U.S. 55 (1949). · cites it 2× “For example, §§ 1394, 1395, 1396 and 1400, respectively, prescribe a new definition of appropriate forums for actions against the Comptroller of the Currency, involving fines and forfeitures, internal revenue taxes and patent and copyright suits; and the following statutes are…”

In Re: Jeff Gibson, 423 F. App'x 385 (5th Cir. 2011). · cites it 5× “See 28 U.S.C. § 104 (a)(3). Both of the consolidated cases were filed in the Delta Division.”

Baltimore & Ohio R.R. v. Kepner, 314 U.S. 44 (1941). · cites it 2× “§ 53 (suits by or against China Trade Act corporations); 28 U.S.C. § 104 (suits for penalties and forfeitures); 28 U.”

All. Health Grp., LLC v. Bridging Health Options, LLC, 553 F.3d 397 (5th Cir. 2008). “, 28 U.S.C. § 104 (b)(4) (“The southern division [for the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi] comprises the counties of George, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River, and Stone.”

Johnson v. Lewis, 645 F. Supp. 2d 578 (N.D. Miss. 2009). · cites it 3× “Though this courthouse was closed, Mississippi’s divisional statute was not amended, see 28 U.S.C. § 104 , thereby leaving the Northern District with a division without a courthouse.”

Freeman v. Bee Mach. Co., Inc, 319 U.S. 448 (1943). “1087 , 1100, 28 U. S. C. § 104 (suits for penalties and forfeitures), the Act of March 4, 1909, § 35, 35 Stat.”

Johnson v. Merch., 628 F. Supp. 2d 695 (N.D. Miss. 2009). · cites it 3× “Though the Courthouse was closed, 28 U.S.C. § 104 , the divisional statute was not amended, thereby leaving the Northern District with a division without a courthouse.”

Walters v. Inexco Oil Co., 440 So. 2d 268 (Miss. 1983). “Invoking diversity of citizenship jurisdiction, 28 U.”

Williams v. City of Cleveland, 848 F. Supp. 2d 646 (N.D. Miss. 2012). · cites it 2× “Though this courthouse was closed, Mississippi’s divisional statute was not amended, see 28 U.S.C. § 104 , thereby leaving the Northern District with a division without a courthouse.”

Mississippi State Bar v. Nixon, 494 So. 2d 1388 (Miss. 1986). “See 28 U.S.C. § 104 (b). On September 24, 1982, he was elevated to the office of Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, an office he now holds.”

In Re Jordan, 313 B.R. 242 (Bankr. W.D. Tenn. 2004). “See 28 U.S.C. § 104 (a). A§ 341(a) meeting of creditors under the Bankruptcy Code is a nonjudicial meeting and is not a trial or an adjudicative hearing.”

Mooney v. Denver & R. G. W. R., 221 P.2d 628 (Utah 1950). “§ 53 (suits by or against China Trade Act corporations); 28 U.S.C.A. § 104 (suits for penalties and forfeitures); 28 U.”

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