Multidistrict Jurisdiction Act of 1999

To amend title 28, United States Code, to allow a judge to whom a case is transferred to retain jurisdiction over certain multidistrict litigation cases for trial, and to provide for Federal jurisdiction of certain multiparty, multiforum civil actions.

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Summary

Multidistrict Jurisdiction Act of 1999 - Amends the Federal judicial code to allow a civil action transferred for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings (multidistrict litigation) to be transferred for trial purposes by the judge or judges of the transferee district to whom the action was assigned, to the transferee or other district in the interest of justice and for the convenience of the parties and witnesses. Directs that any such action transferred for trial purposes be remanded by the panel for the determination of compensatory damages to the district court from which it was transferred, unless the court to which the action has been transferred also finds, for the convenience of the parties and witnesses and in the interests of justice, that the action should be retained for the determination of compensatory damages.

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Related Legislation

H.R. 1852Multidistrict Trial Jurisdiction Act of 1999
1999-07-27See H.R.2112.
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Legislative Actions

1999-09-13
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2112.
1999-09-13
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
1999-09-13
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
1999-09-13
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
1999-09-14
Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
1999-09-24
Referred to Subcommittee on Oversight and Courts.
1999-10-21
Committee on Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
1999-10-21
Committee on Judiciary. Reported to Senate by Senator Hatch with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
1999-10-21
Committee on Judiciary. Reported to Senate by Senator Hatch with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
1999-10-21
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 341.
1999-10-27
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S13326-13327)

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