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NOTES:
Source
(Aug. 7, 1953, ch. 345, § 23, as added Pub. L. 95–372, title II, § 208, Sept. 18, 1978, 92 Stat. 657; amended Pub. L. 98–620, title IV, § 402(44), Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3360.)
References in Text
The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, referred to in subsec. (a)(5), are set out in the Appendix to Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.
Amendments
1984—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 98–620 struck out subsec. (d) which provided that except as to causes of action considered by the court to be of greater importance, any action under this section would take precedence on the docket over all other causes of action and would be set for hearing at the earliest practical date and expedited in every way.
Effective Date of 1984 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 98–620 not applicable to cases pending on Nov. 8, 1984, see section 403 of Pub. L. 98–620, set out as a note under section
1657 of Title
28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.
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