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title: "28 U.S.C. § 87"
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title_name: "JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE"
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# 28 U.S.C. § 87 - Delaware

## Text

Delaware constitutes one judicial district. Court shall be held at Wilmington.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 875.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision NotesBased on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 148 (Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, § 75, 36 Stat. 1108). Minor changes in phraseology were made.