Title 15 — Commerce and Trade
Chapter 1 — Monopolies and Combinations in Restraint of Trade
§ 4. Jurisdiction of courts; duty of United States attorneys; procedure
Statutory text
The several district courts of the United States are invested with jurisdiction to prevent and restrain violations of sections 1 to 7 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 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.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 51–647 § 4 · 26 Stat. 209
Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 4
July 2, 1890, ch. 647, § 4, 26 Stat. 209
Source evidence
Code source credit
July 2, 1890, ch. 647, § 4, 26 Stat. 209Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 4. The several circuit courts of the United States are hereby Jurisdiction of United States circuit courts. Prosecuting officers. invested with jurisdiction to prevent and restrain violations of this act; and it shall be the duty of the several district attorneys of the United States, 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 Procedure. 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 determi- Hearing, etc, FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Chs. 647, 648. 1890.nation of the case; and pending such petition and before final Temporary restraining order, etc. decree, the court may at any time make such temporary restraining order or prohibition as shall be deemed just in the premises.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Codification
Act , vested jurisdiction in “district” courts, instead of “circuit” courts.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
Act , eff. , substituted “United States attorneys” for “district attorneys of the United States”. See section 541 et seq. of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.
Credits
1890–1948 · 3 acts
- 1890July 2, 1890, ch. 647, § 4, 26 Stat. 209
- 1911Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, § 291, 36 Stat. 1167
- 1948June 25, 1948, ch. 646, § 1, 62 Stat. 909.
Show as published
(July 2, 1890, ch. 647, § 4, 26 Stat. 209; Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, § 291, 36 Stat. 1167; June 25, 1948, ch. 646, § 1, 62 Stat. 909.)