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Code · U.S. Code · Title 48 - TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS · CHAPTER 20— PUERTO RICO OVERSIGHT, MANAGEMENT, AND ECONOMIC STABILITY · SUBCHAPTER III— ADJUSTMENTS OF DEBTS · § 2169

§ 2169. Abstention

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Nothing in this subchapter prevents a district court in the interests of justice from abstaining from hearing a particular proceeding arising in or related to a case under this subchapter.
(Pub. L. 114–187, title III, § 309, June 30, 2016, 130 Stat. 583.)
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