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15 U.S.C. 27: Effect of partial invalidityText contains those laws in effect through Public Law 119-120 (October 7, 2026).
From Title 15-COMMERCE AND TRADECHAPTER 1-MONOPOLIES AND COMBINATIONS IN RESTRAINT OF TRADE
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§27. Effect of partial invalidity

If any clause, sentence, paragraph, or part of this Act shall, for any reason, be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be in­valid, such judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered.

( Oct. 15, 1914, ch. 323, § 28 , formerly § 26, 38 Stat. 740 ; renumbered § 27, Pub. L. 96–493, § 2 , Dec. 2, 1980 , 94 Stat. 2568 ; renumbered § 28, Pub. L. 107–273, div. C, title IV, § 14102(d) , Nov. 2, 2002 , 116 Stat. 1922 .)

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This Act, referred to in text, is act Oct. 15, 1914, ch. 323, 38 Stat. 730, known as the Clayton Act, which is classified generally to sections 12, 13, 14 to 19, 21, and 22 to 27 of this title, and sections 52 and 53 of Title 29, Labor. For further details and complete classification of this Act to the Code, see References in Text note set out under section 12 of this title and Tables.