15 USC 9: Jurisdiction of courts; duty of United States attorneys; procedure
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15 USC 9: Jurisdiction of courts; duty of United States attorneys; procedure Text contains those laws in effect on January 23, 2000
From Title 15-COMMERCE AND TRADECHAPTER 1-MONOPOLIES AND COMBINATIONS IN RESTRAINT OF TRADE

§9. Jurisdiction of courts; duty of United States attorneys; procedure

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.

(Aug. 27, 1894, ch. 349, §74, 28 Stat. 570 ; Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, §291, 36 Stat. 1167 ; June 25, 1948, ch. 646, §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

Commencement of action by filing a complaint with the court, see rule 3, Title 28, Appendix, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.

Injunctions, see rule 65.

One form of action, see rule 2.

Pleadings allowed, see rule 7.

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

Issuance of injunctions in labor disputes, see sections 52 and 107 of Title 29, Labor.

Restraining violations of Clayton Act, see sections 25 and 26 of this title.

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 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.