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trying to make sense of my outlines


1) In Statutory Interpleader, Personal Jurisdiction is proper anywhere in U.S.
2) Venue is proper in district any claimant resides

Consider this ex:

Stakeholder State A
potential claimants states B, C & D

Stakeholder files in Fed State A
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How can jurisdiction be proper but venue improper? what rule am I missing? (is the stakeholder considered claimant for venue purposes?)

Can you post the excerpt verbatim?

myrtlewinston wrote:Can you post the excerpt verbatim?

figuring out a question from adaptibar - don't have the exact text. q was asking for proper jurisdiction but I got it wrong because I was confused as to venue. Now I see elsewhere that so long as jurisdiction is proper venue may be where any claimant resides - this is for statutory interpleader.

I was confused since generally, venue is proper where any D resides (where all Ds same state) or where substantial part of claim arose or property located.