- § 1. Trusts, etc., in restraint of trade illegal; penalty.
- § 2. Monopolizing trade a felony; penalty.
- § 3. Trusts in Territories or District of Columbia illegal;
combination a felony.
- § 4. Jurisdiction of courts; duty of United States attorneys;
procedure.
- § 5. Bringing in additional parties.
- § 6. Forfeiture of property in transit.
- § 6a. Conduct involving trade or commerce with foreign nations.
- § 7. "Person" or "persons" defined.
- § 8. Trusts in restraint of import trade illegal; penalty.
- § 9. Jurisdiction of courts; duty of United States attorneys;
procedure.
- § 10. Bringing in additional parties.
- § 11. Forfeiture of property in transit.
- § 12. Definitions; short title.
- § 13. Discrimination in price, services, or facilities.
- § 13a. Discrimination in rebates, discounts, or advertising service
charges; underselling in particular localities; penalties.
- § 13b. Cooperative association; return of net earnings or surplus.
- § 13c. Exemption of non-profit institutions from price discrimination
provisions.
- § 14. Sale, etc., on agreement not to use goods of competitor.
- § 15. Suits by persons injured.
- § 15a. Suits by United States; amount of recovery; prejudgment
interest.
- § 15b. Limitation of actions.
- § 15c. Actions by State attorneys general.
- § 15d. Measurement of damages.
- § 15e. Distribution of damages.
- § 15f. Actions by Attorney General.
- § 15g. Definitions.
- § 15h. Applicability of parens patriae actions.
- § 16. Judgments.
- § 17. Antitrust laws not applicable to labor organizations.
- § 18. Acquisition by one corporation of stock of another.
- § 18a. Premerger notification and waiting period.
- § 19. Interlocking directorates and officers.
- § 19a, 20. Repealed.
- § 21. Enforcement provisions.
- § 21a. Actions and proceedings pending prior to June 19, 1936;
additional and continuing violations.
- § 22. District in which to sue corporation.
- § 23. Suits by United States; subpoenas for witnesses.
- § 24. Liability of directors and agents of corporation.
- § 25. Restraining violations; procedure.
- § 26. Injunctive relief for private parties; exception; costs.
- § 26a. Restrictions on the purchase of gasohol and synthetic motor
fuel.
- § 27. Effect of partial invalidity.
- § 28. Repealed.
- § 29. Appeals.
- § 30. Depositions for use in suits in equity; proceedings open to
public.
- § 31. Panama Canal closed to violators of antitrust laws.
- § 32, 33. Repealed.
- § 34. Definitions applicable to sections 34 to 36.
- § 35. Recovery of damages, etc., for antitrust violations from any
local government, or official or employee thereof acting in an
official capacity.
- § 36. Recovery of damages, etc., for antitrust violations on claim
against person based on official action directed by local
government, or official or employee thereof acting in an official
capacity.
- § 37. Modification of antitrust laws.
- § 37a. Definitions.
HISTORICAL NOTE
This chapter includes among other statutory provisions the
Sherman Act, comprising sections 1 to 7 of this title, the Clayton
Act, comprising sections 12, 13, 14 to 19, 20, 21, and 22 to 27 of
this title and sections 52 and 53 of Title 29, Labor, the Wilson
Tariff Act, comprising sections 8 and 9 of this title, the
Robinson-Patman Price Discrimination Act, comprising sections 13,
- § 13a, 13b, and 21a of this title, the "Expediting Act", sections
- § 28 and 29 of this title, and the "Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust
Improvements Act of 1976", comprising sections 15c to 15h, 18a,
and 66 of this title. For complete classification of the
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act, see Short Title note under section 1 of this
title.
CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATION OF MONOPOLY
Joint Res. June 16, 1938, ch. 456, 52 Stat. 705, created a
Temporary National Economic Committee which was authorized to make
a full investigation on monopoly and the concentration of economic
power in and financial control over production and distribution of
goods and services. The time for submitting the final report under
Joint Res. June 16, 1938, ch. 456, 52 Stat. 705, as amended Apr.
- § 26, 1939, ch. 104, Sec. 1, 2, 53 Stat. 624, was extended to Apr. 3,
- § 1941, by Joint Res. Dec. 16, 1940, ch. 932, 54 Stat. 1225. The
committee's report was presented to Congress on Mar. 31, 1941, and
was published in Senate Document No. 35.
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