28 U.S.C. § 1412
Section 1412 · Change of venue
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 410 court decisions — leading case A.H. Robins Co. v. Piccinin (1986)
Most recently applied in Jeffrey Cogan v. Arnaldo Trabucco (August 2024)
Cases citing this section usually also cite 28 U.S.C. § 157 · 28 U.S.C. § 1334 · 28 U.S.C. § 1408
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.
A district court may transfer a case or proceeding under title 11 to a district court for another district, in the interest of justice or for the convenience of the parties.
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Effective Date
Section effective July 10, 1984, see section 122(a) of Pub. L. 98–353, set out as a note under section 151 of this title.