Full/Raw
Text of 15 USC §9
Cite.
15 USC Sec. 9 01/05/99
Expcite.
Title 15 - Commerce and Trade; Chapter 1 - Monopolies and
Combinations In Restraint of Trade
Head. Sec.
9. Jurisdiction of courts; duty of United States attorneys; procedure
Statute.
The several district courts of the United States are invested with
jurisdiction to prevent and restrain violations of section 8 of this
title; 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 petitions setting
forth the case and praying that such violations 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.
Source.
(Aug. 27, 1894, ch. 349, Sec. 74, 28 Stat. 570; Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231,
Sec. 291, 36 Stat. 1167; June 25, 1948, ch. 646, Sec. 1, 62 Stat. 909.)
Codification.
Act Mar. 3, 1911, vested jurisdiction in ''district'' courts, instead
of ''circuit'' courts.
Change
of Name. Act June 25, 1948, eff. Sept. 1, 1948, substituted
''United States attorneys'' for ''district attorneys of the United
States''. See section 541 et seq. of Title 28, Judiciary and
Judicial Procedure.
Federal
Rules of Civil Procedure.
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Commencement
of action by filing a complaint with the court, see rule 3, Title
28, Appendix, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.
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Injunctions,
see rule 65.
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One
form of action, see rule 2.
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Pleadings
allowed, see rule 7.
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Rules
as governing the procedure in all suits of a civil nature whether
cognizable as cases at law or in equity, see rule 1.
Cross
References.
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Issuance
of injunctions in labor disputes, see sections 52 and 107 of Title
29, Labor.
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Restraining
violations of Clayton Act, see sections 25 and 26 of this title.
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Restraining
violations of Sherman Act, see section 4 of this title.
Section
Referred to in Other Sections. This section is referred to in
sections 10, 3301 of this title; title 10 section 7430; title 16
section 2602; title 30 section 184; title 33 section 1331; title 40
section 488; title 42 sections 2297b-11, 5417, 5909, 6202, 8235f, 9102;
title 43 section 1770; title 45 section 791; title 46 App. section
1702; title 49 section 10706; title 50 App. sections 1941a, 2158.
