16 U.S.C. § 457
Section 457 · Action for death or personal injury within national park or other place under jurisdiction of United States; application of State laws
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 67 court decisions — leading case Moragne v. States Marine Lines, Inc. (1970)
Most recently applied in Kennicott v. Sandia Corp. (May 2018)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
In the case of the death of any person by the neglect or wrongful act of another within a national park or other place subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States, within the exterior boundaries of any State, such right of action shall exist as though the place were under the jurisdiction of the State within whose exterior boundaries such place may be; and in any action brought to recover on account of injuries sustained in any such place the rights of the parties shall be governed by the laws of the State within the exterior boundaries of which it may be.
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Cross References
State workmen's compensation laws extended and made applicable to buildings and property of United States by act of June 25, 1936, see section 290 of Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works.