42 U.S.C. § 4053
Section 4053 · Adjustment and payment of claims; judicial review; limitations; jurisdiction
Amended 2 times on record
Applied in 63 court decisions — leading case Hanover Building Materials, Inc. v. Guiffrida (1984)
Most recently applied in Ali Ekhlassi v. National Lloyds Insurance Co. (June 2019)
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.
The insurance companies and other insurers which form, associate, or otherwise join together in the pool under this part may adjust and pay all claims for proved and approved losses covered by flood insurance in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and, upon the disallowance by any such company or other insurer of any such claim, or upon the refusal of the claimant to accept the amount allowed upon any such claim, the claimant, within one year after the date of mailing of notice of disallowance or partial disallowance of the claim, may institute an action on such claim against such company or other insurer in the United States district court for the district in which the insured property or the major part thereof shall have been situated, and original exclusive jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon such court to hear and determine such action without regard to the amount in controversy.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Amendments
1983—Pub. L. 98–181 inserted “original exclusive” before “jurisdiction”.