15 U.S.C. § 25 — Restraining violations; procedure

submitted 112 years ago by ch. 323 to r/title-15-COMMERCE-AND-TRADE · 203 words · no verdicts yet

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Federal district courts can stop and prevent violations of this antitrust law. U.S. attorneys, directed by the Attorney General, must file equity lawsuits asking courts to block or stop violations. Courts can issue temporary orders before a final decision, and can summon other necessary parties from any district.

U.S. district courts have jurisdiction to prevent and restrain violations of this Act. The U.S. attorneys in their respective districts, acting under the Attorney General's direction, must bring equity proceedings to prevent and restrain those violations. These proceedings may be brought by petition, setting out the case and asking that the violation be enjoined or otherwise prohibited. Once the accused parties are duly notified of the petition, the court must proceed, as soon as it can, to hear and decide the case. While the petition is pending, and before a final decree, the court may at any time make whatever temporary restraining order or prohibition it thinks is just under the circumstances. If it appears to the court that the ends of justice require bringing other parties before it, the court may cause them to be summoned — whether or not they live in the district where the court sits. Subpoenas for that purpose may be served in any district by the marshal of that district.

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The several district courts of the United States are invested with jurisdiction to prevent and restrain violations of this Act, and it shall be the duty of the several United States attorneys, in their respective districts, under the direction of the Attorney General, to institute proceedings in equity to prevent and restrain such violations. Such proceedings may be by way of petition setting forth the case and praying that such violation shall be enjoined or otherwise prohibited. When the parties complained of shall have been duly notified of such petition, the court shall proceed, as soon as may be, to the hearing and determination of the case; and pending such petition, and before final decree, the court may at any time make such temporary restraining order or prohibition as shall be deemed just in the premises. Whenever it shall appear to the court before which any such proceeding may be pending that the ends of justice require that other parties should be brought before the court, the court may cause them to be summoned whether they reside in the district in which the court is held or not, and subpoenas to that end may be served in any district by the marshal thereof.

Source credit: (Oct. 15, 1914, ch. 323, § 15, 38 Stat. 736; June 25, 1948, ch. 646, § 1, 62 Stat. 909.)

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1914Enacted · Act of Oct. 15, 1914, ch. 323 · 38 Stat. 736
1948Amended · Act of June 25, 1948, ch. 646 · 62 Stat. 909

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