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title: "12 U.S.C. § 4242"
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title_number: 12
title_name: "BANKS AND BANKING"
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chapter_name: "ACTIONS AGAINST PERSONS COMMITTING BANK FRAUD CRIMES"
section: "4242"
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# 12 U.S.C. § 4242 - Contract decisions nonreviewable

## Text

Notwithstanding any other law, no court shall have jurisdiction over any claim based on the Attorney General’s decision to refuse to enter into a contract for legal services referred to in section 4241 of this title.

(Pub. L. 101–647, title XXV, § 2589, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4905.)