Bowers v. Jura’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 16 U.S.C. § 832 · 16 U.S.C. § 838 (Federal Columbia River Transmission System Act) · 16 U.S.C. § 839F · 28 U.S.C. § 1631
Relies on Central Montana Electric Power Cooperative, Inc. v. Administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration · Department of Water and Power of City of Los Angeles v. Bonneville Power Administration · Pacific Power and Light Company Cp v. Bonneville Power Administration T · Central Montana Electric Power Cooperative, Inc. v. Administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration
Most-quoted passages
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“Whenever a civil action is filed in a court as defined in section 610 of this title ... and that court finds that there is a want of jurisdiction, the court shall, if it is m the interest of justice, transfer such action ... to any other such court in which the action ... could have been brought at the time it was filed ... and the action ... shall proceed as if it had been filed in ... the court to which it is transferred on the date upon which it was actually filed in ... the court from which it is transferred.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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