48 U.S.C. § 863
Section 863 · Repealed. Pub. L. 91272, 13, June 2, 1970, 84 Stat. 298
Applied in 62 court decisions — leading case United Steelworkers of America v. R. H. Bouligny, Inc. (1965)
Most recently applied in 558 F. Supp. 116 - Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc. v. Puerto Rico Water Resources Authority (March 1983)
Applied most in the First Circuit Circuit (55 decisions)
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.
Section, acts Mar. 2, 1917, ch. 145, 41, 39 Stat. 965; Feb. 25, 1919, ch. 29, 1, 40 Stat. 1156; Mar. 4, 1921, ch. 161, 1, 41 Stat. 1412; Mar. 4, 1923, ch. 295, 42 Stat. 1560; Dec. 13, 1926, ch. 6, 1, 44 Stat. 919; May 17, 1932, ch. 190, 47 Stat. 158; Mar. 26, 1938, ch. 51, 2, 52 Stat. 118; July 31, 1946, ch. 704, 60 Stat. 716; June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 20, 62 Stat. 989, set out jurisdiction of United States District Court for District of Puerto Rico and provided for salaries of judge and officials of the court and for filling of vacancies. Section 34 of act Apr. 12, 1900, ch. 191, 31 Stat. 84, formerly cited as a credit to this section, was not repealed by act June 2, 1970.