28 U.S.C. § 41

Number and composition of circuits

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The thirteen judicial circuits of the United States are constituted as follows:

Circuits

Composition

District of Columbia

District of Columbia.

First

Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island.

Second

Connecticut, New York, Vermont.

Third

Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virgin Islands.

Fourth

Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia.

Fifth

District of the Canal Zone, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas.

Sixth

Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee.

Seventh

Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin.

Eighth

Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota.

Ninth

Alaska, Arizona, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Guam, Hawaii.

Tenth

Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah, Wyoming.

Eleventh

Alabama, Florida, Georgia.

Federal

All Federal judicial districts.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2,077 cases (62 in the last 5 years), 1913–2026 · leading case: Snowden v. Hughes, 321 U.S. 1 (1944).
Snowden v. Hughes, 321 U.S. 1 (1944). · cites it 8× “He alleged that the suit was within the jurisdiction of the court as a suit arising under the Constitution and laws of the United States, 28 U.S.C. § 41 (1), a suit for the recovery of damages for injury to property and for deprivation of *3 a right or privilege of a citizen of…”
Lightfoot v. Cendant Mortg. Corp., 137 S. Ct. 553 (2017). · cites it 3× “, 28 U.S.C. § 41 (a) (1946 ed.). Thus, even assuming that two appellate court cases can " 'settle' " an issue, A.”
Hague v. Comm. for Indus. Org., 101 F.2d 774 (3rd Cir. 1939). · cites it 18× “It follows therefore, contend the appellants, that the court below did not have jurisdiction of the cause at bar under the provisions of Section 24(14) of the Judicial Code, 28 U.S.C.A. § 41 (14), because that subsection relates only to rights "secured by the Constitution" in…”
Empire Healthchoice Assurance, Inc. v. McVeigh, 547 U.S. 677 (2006). · cites it 2× “, the jurisdiction of the federal District Court being invoked pursuant to the provisions of § 24(1) of the Judicial Code, 28 U. S. C. § 41 (1)," now contained in 28 U.”
Bell v. Hood, 327 U.S. 678 (1946). · cites it 4× “" as required by 28 U.S.C. § 41 (1). The Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed on the same ground.”
United States v. Mitchell, 463 U.S. 206 (1983). · cites it 2× “The Act also created a new Art. I trial forum known as the United States Claims Court, which inherited the trial jurisdiction of the Court of Claims.”
Yakus v. United States, 321 U.S. 414 (1944). · cites it 4× “775 , 28 U.S.C. § 41 (1), restricting jurisdiction to enjoin orders of state bodies fixing utility rates.”
Benjamin v. United States (In Re Benjamin), 932 F.3d 293 (5th Cir. 2019). · cites it 4× “As originally enacted in 1939, it barred all actions brought under 28 U.S.C. § 41 , which at the time contained virtually all the jurisdictional grants to the federal courts-including the diversity grant-now scattered throughout Title 28.”
Lightfoot v. Cendant Mortg. Corp, 137 S. Ct. 533 (2017). · cites it 3× “, 28 U. S. C. §41 (a) (1946 ed.). Thus, even assuming that two appellate court cases can “ ‘settle’ ” an issue, A.”
Haguer v. Comm. for Indus. Org., 307 U.S. 496 (1939). · cites it 3× “The provisions applicable to such suits, thus modified, appear as § 24 (1) of the Judicial Code, 28 U. S. C. § 41 (1). Meanwhile, the provisions conferring jurisdiction on district and circuit courts over suits brought under § 1 of the Civil Rights Act of 1871 were continued as…”
Bruce Carneil Webster v. Charles A. Daniels, 784 F.3d 1123 (7th Cir. 2015). · cites it 2× “28 U.S.C. § 41 . That court would be put in an awkward posi- tion, to say the least, if it were responsible for carrying out a Seventh Circuit mandate with any appeals going to the Fifth Circuit.”
Am. Fed'n of Labor v. Watson, 327 U.S. 582 (1946). · cites it 5× “" Judicial Code § 24 (1), 28 U.S.C. § 41 (1). The allegations are that if the Florida law becomes effective there will be an immediate decrease in the membership of appellant unions and the dues collected by them will decrease far in excess of $3,000.”
— 28 U.S.C. § 41(1) — 54 cases
Fed. Reserve Bank of Richmond v. Kalin, 77 F.2d 50 (4th Cir. 1935).
Hague v. Comm. for Indus. Org., 101 F.2d 774 (3rd Cir. 1939). “It follows therefore, contend the appellants, that the court below did not have jurisdiction of the cause at bar under the provisions of Section 24(14) of the Judicial Code, 28 U.S.C.A. § 41 (14), because that subsection relates only to rights "secured by the Constitution" in…”
Jones v. Brush, 143 F.2d 733 (9th Cir. 1944).
Stand. Stoker Co. v. Lower, 46 F.2d 678 (D. Maryland 1931).
Mountain States Tel. & Tel. Co. v. Pub. Utils. Comm'n, 345 F. Supp. 80 (D. Colo. 1972).
— 28 U.S.C. § 41(12) — 1 case
Koster v. Turchi, 173 F.2d 605 (3rd Cir. 1949).
— 28 U.S.C. § 41(14) — 3 cases
Hague v. Comm. for Indus. Org., 101 F.2d 774 (3rd Cir. 1939). “It follows therefore, contend the appellants, that the court below did not have jurisdiction of the cause at bar under the provisions of Section 24(14) of the Judicial Code, 28 U.S.C.A. § 41 (14), because that subsection relates only to rights "secured by the Constitution" in…”
Lopez v. Seccombe, 71 F. Supp. 769 (S.D. Cal. 1944).
Bradford v. City of Somerset, 47 F. Supp. 171 (E.D. Ky. 1942).
— 28 U.S.C. § 41(16) — 6 cases
Connolly v. First Nat. Bank-Detroit, 86 F.2d 683 (6th Cir. 1936).
Luella Hannan Mem'l Home v. First Nat. Bank, 31 F. Supp. 276 (E.D. Mich. 1940).
Guerra v. Lemburg, 22 S.W.2d 336 (Tex. App. 1929).
Fleming v. Gamble, 37 F.2d 72 (10th Cir. 1929).
— 28 U.S.C. § 41(19) — 1 case
In re Wisconsin Cent. Ry. Co., 74 F. Supp. 85 (D. Minnesota 1947).
— 28 U.S.C. § 41(2) — 3 cases
Hagner v. United States, 54 F.2d 446 (D.C. Cir. 1931).
Martin v. Wheatley, 62 F. Supp. 104 (W.D. Ark. 1945).
United States v. Walker, 132 F. Supp. 432 (S.D. Cal. 1955).
— 28 U.S.C. § 41(20) — 52 cases
Herr v. United States Forest Serv., 803 F.3d 809 (6th Cir. 2015).
United States v. Turner, 47 F.2d 86 (8th Cir. 1931).
United States v. Rogers, 120 F.2d 244 (9th Cir. 1941).
Borak v. United States, 78 F. Supp. 123 (Ct. Cl. 1948).
United States v. Huff, 165 F.2d 720 (5th Cir. 1948).
— 28 U.S.C. § 41(22) — 1 case
Yong v. Pan Am. Airways, Inc., 74 F. Supp. 657 (D. Haw. 1947).
— 28 U.S.C. § 41(26) — 10 cases
Mut. Life Ins. Co. of New York v. Bondurant, 27 F.2d 464 (6th Cir. 1928).
United States v. Sentinel Fire Ins. Co., 178 F.2d 217 (5th Cir. 1949).
Edner v. Massachusetts Mut. Life Ins. Co., 138 F.2d 327 (3rd Cir. 1943).
Ætna Cas. & Sur. Co. v. B. B. B. Const. Corp., 173 F.2d 307 (2d Cir. 1949).
Metro. Life Ins. v. Mason, 21 F. Supp. 704 (E.D. Pa. 1937).
— 28 U.S.C. § 41(28) — 9 cases
Brady v. Interstate Com. Comm'n, 43 F.2d 847 (N.D.W. Va. 1930).
Utah Fuel Co. v. Nat'l Bituminous Coal Comm'n, 101 F.2d 426 (D.C. Cir. 1938).
United States Feldspar Corp. v. United States, 38 F.2d 91 (N.D.N.Y. 1930).
Pittsburgh & W. v. Ry. Co. v. United States, 41 F.2d 806 (N.D. Ohio 1929).
Hoboken Mfrs.' R. v. United States, 47 F. Supp. 779 (D.N.J. 1942).
— 28 U.S.C. § 41(3) — 8 cases
United States Cas. Co. v. Taylor, 64 F.2d 521 (4th Cir. 1933).
Strong v. United States, 46 F.2d 257 (1st Cir. 1931).
McDaniel v. Baker Sand & Gravel Co., Inc., 24 F.2d 987 (S.D. Ala. 1928).
Modin v. Matson Nav. Co., 128 F.2d 194 (9th Cir. 1942).
Nogueira v. New York, N. H. & H. R. Co., 32 F.2d 179 (2d Cir. 1929).
— 28 U.S.C. § 41(5) — 3 cases
Sirian Lamp Co. v. Manning, 123 F.2d 776 (3rd Cir. 1941).
Keenan v. Bowers, 91 F. Supp. 771 (E.D.S.C. 1950).
Turks Head Club v. Broderick, 71 F. Supp. 272 (D.R.I. 1947).
— 28 U.S.C. § 41(7) — 2 cases
Auto. Equip. v. Trico Prods. Corp., 11 F. Supp. 292 (W.D.N.Y. 1935).
Yardley v. Houghton Mifflin Co., 25 F. Supp. 361 (S.D.N.Y. 1938).
— 28 U.S.C. § 41(8) — 11 cases
Owens v. Greenville News-Piedmont, 43 F. Supp. 785 (W.D.S.C. 1942).
Barrett v. Nat'l Malleable & Steel Castings Co., 68 F. Supp. 410 (W.D. Pa. 1946).
Higman Towing Co. v. Cocreham, 70 F. Supp. 628 (E.D. La. 1947).
Kuhn v. Canteen Food Serv., Inc., 77 F. Supp. 585 (N.D. Ill. 1944).
Gates v. Graham Ice Cream Co., 31 F. Supp. 854 (D. Neb. 1940).
— 28 U.S.C. § 41(9) — 2 cases
Robertson v. Argus Hosiery Mills, Inc., 121 F.2d 285 (6th Cir. 1941).
Powell v. Rhine, 71 F. Supp. 953 (M.D. Penn. 1947).
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