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Civil Nature of Suit Codes

Nature of Suit
CONTRACT

110 Insurance 150 Recovery of Overpayment & Enforcement of Judgement 160 Stockholders' Suits
120 Marine 151 Medicare Act 190 Other Contract
130 Miller Act 152 Recovery of Defaulted Student Loans (Excl. Veterans) 195 Contract Product Liability
140 Negotiable Instrument 153 Recovery of Overpayment of Veteran's Benefits
TORTS

PERSONAL INJURY
PERSONAL INJURY
PERSONAL PROPERTY
310 Airplane 350 Motor Vehicle 370 Other Fraud
315 Airplane Product Liability 355 Motor Vehicle Product Liability 371 Truth in Lending
320 Assault, Libel & Slander 360 Other Personal Injury 380 Other Personal Property Damage
330 Federal Employers' Liability 362 Personal Injury - Med. Malpractice 385 Property Damage Product Liability
340 Marine 365 Personal Injury - Product Liability
345 Marine Product Liability 368 Asbestos Personal Injury Product Liability
FOREFEITURE/ PENALTY

610 Agriculture 630 Liquor Laws 660 Occupational Safety/Health
620 Other Food & Drug 640 R.R. & Truck 690 Other
625 Drug Related Seizure of Property 21 USC 881 650 Airplane Regs.
REAL PROPERTY

210 Land Condemnation 230 Rent Lease & Ejectment 245 Tort Product Liability
220 Foreclosure 240 Torts to Land 290 All Other Real Property
BANKRUPTCY

422 Appeal 28 USC 158 423 Withdrawl 28 USC 157
FEDERAL TAX SUITS

870 Taxes (U.S. Plaintiff or Defendant) 871 IRS - Third Party 26 USC 7609
LABOR

710 Fair Labor Standards Act 730 Labor Mgmt. Reporting & Disclosure Act 790 Other Labor Litigation
720 Labor/Mgmt. Relations 740 Railway Labor Act 791 Emplo. Ret. Inc. Security Act
SOCIAL SECURITY

861 HIA (1395ff) 863 DIWC/DIWW (405(g)) 865 RSI (405(g))
862 Black Lung (923) 864 SSID Title XVI
PROPERTY RIGHTS

820 Copyrights 830 Patent 840 Trademark
CIVIL RIGHTS

440 Other Civil Rights 442 Employment 444 Welfare
441 Voting 443 Housing/ Accomidations
PRISONER PETITION

510 Motions to Vacate Sentance
HABEAS CORPUS
HABEAS CORPUS
530 General 550 Civil Rights
535 Death Penalty 555 Prison Condition
540 Mandamus & Other
OTHER STATUTES

400 State Reapportionment 810 Selective Service 894 Energy Allocation Act
410 Antitrust 850 Securities/ Commodities/ Exchange 895 Freedom of Information Act
430 Banks & Banking 875 Customer Challenge 12 USC 3410 890 Other Statutory Actions
450 Commerce/ ICC Rates/ etc. 891 Agriculture Acts 900 Appeal of Fee Determination Under
460 Deportation 892 Economic Stabilization Act Equal Access to Justice
470 Racketeer Influenced & Corrupt Organizations 893 Environmental Matters 950 Constitutionality of State Statutes