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Bills/119th Congress · House

H.R. 2274

Introduced

Court Shopping Deterrence Act

Sponsor
RJohn W. Rose· Tennessee
Introduced
March 21, 2025
Policy area
Law
Latest action
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.March 21, 2025
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2274 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2274

To amend title 28, United States Code, to provide that an appeal of an 
order granting a nationwide injunction issued by a district court of 
the United States shall lie to the Supreme Court.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

March 21, 2025

Mr. Rose introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary

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A BILL

To amend title 28, United States Code, to provide that an appeal of an 
order granting a nationwide injunction issued by a district court of 
the United States shall lie to the Supreme Court.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Court Shopping Deterrence Act''.

SEC. 2. APPEAL OF ORDER GRANTING A NATIONWIDE INJUNCTION.

(a) In General.--Chapter 155 of title 28, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 2285. Appeal of order granting a nationwide injunction
``(a) In General.--In the case that a district court of the United 
States grants a nationwide injunction, the appeal from the order 
granting such injunction shall lie to the Supreme Court.
``(b) Definition.--In this section, the term `nationwide 
injunction' means an order issued by a Federal court that purports to 
restrain the enforcement of a Federal statute, regulation, order, or 
similar authority against a non-party, unless the non-party is 
represented by a party acting in a representative capacity pursuant to 
the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 155 of 
title 28, United States Code is amended by inserting after the item 
relating to section 2285 the following:

``2285. Appeal of order granting a nationwide injunction.''.
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