28 U.S.C. § 1333 : US Code - Section 1333: Admiralty, maritime and prize cases

Search 28 U.S.C. § 1333 : US Code - Section 1333: Admiralty, maritime and prize cases

The district courts shall have original jurisdiction, exclusive
of the courts of the States, of:
(1) Any civil case of admiralty or maritime jurisdiction,
saving to suitors in all cases all other remedies to which they
are otherwise entitled.
(2) Any prize brought into the United States and all
proceedings for the condemnation of property taken as prize.