
15
U.S.C. 12-27
15 U.S.C.
§22:
District in which to sue corporation
Any suit, action, or
proceeding under the antitrust laws against a corporation may be
brought not only in the judicial district whereof it is an inhabitant,
but also in any district wherein it may be found or transacts business;
and all process in such cases may be served in the district of which it
is an inhabitant, or wherever it may be found.
15 U.S.C.
§23: Suits
by United States; subpoenas for witnesses
In any suit, action,
or proceeding brought by or on behalf of the United States subpoenas
for witnesses who are required to attend a court of the United States
in any judicial district in any case, civil or criminal, arising under
the antitrust laws may run into any other district: Provided, That in
civil cases no writ of subpoena shall issue for witnesses living out of
the district in which the court is held at a greater distance than one
hundred miles from the place of holding the same without the permission
of the trial court being first had upon proper application and cause
shown.
15 U.S.C.
§24:
Liability of directors and agents of corporation
Whenever a corporation
shall violate any of the penal provisions of the antitrust laws, such
violation shall be deemed to be also that of the individual directors,
officers, or agents of such corporation who shall have authorized,
ordered, or done any of the acts constituting in whole or in part such
violation, and such violation shall be deemed a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction therefor of any such director, officer, or agent he shall be
punished by a fine of not exceeding $5,000 or by imprisonment for not
exceeding one year, or by both, in the discretion of the court.
15 U.S.C.
§25:
Restraining violations; procedure
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.
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