108th Congress > House > Vote 753

Date: March 24, 2004

Result: 418-0 (Passed)

Clerk session vote number: 79

Vote Subject Matter: Civil Liberties / Domestic Social Policy

Sponsor: SENSENBRENNER, Frank James, Jr. (R-WI)

Bill number: HR1768

Question: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

Description: Multidistrict Litigation Restoration Act

Bill summary: (This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on February 10, 2004. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Multidistrict Litigation Restoration Act of 2004 - Amends the Federal judicial code to allow a civil action transferred for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings (multidistrict litigation) to be transferred to the transferee or other district for trial purposes 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 to the district court from which it was transferred for the determination of compensatory damages unless the court determines the same justification applies to retaining the action for damages determination. Authorizes the transferee court to retain actions transferred when jurisdiction is or could have been based on the Multiparty, Multiforum Trial Jurisdiction Act of 2002 (granting district courts original jurisdiction of any civil action involving minimal diversity between adverse parties that arises from a single accident, where at least 75 natural persons have died in the accident at a discrete location) for the determination of liability and punitive damages. Directs that an action retained for the determination of liability be remanded to the district court from which the action was transferred, or to the State court from which the action was removed, for the determination of damages other than punitive damages, unless the court finds that the action should be retained for the determination of such damages for the convenience of parties and witnesses and in the interest of justice.

Bill titles: 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 for other purposes.

Links for more info on the vote: congress.gov

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