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Title 15 — Commerce and TradeRelease 119-73

§25 Restraining violations; procedure

Title 15 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - MONOPOLIES AND COMBINATIONS IN RESTRAINT OF TRADE › § 25

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Federal district courts can stop people from breaking this law. U.S. attorneys, following the Attorney General’s instructions, must bring a court case asking the court to order the wrongdoing to stop. After those accused are told about the case, the court must hear it quickly and can issue temporary orders to halt the activity before a final decision. The court can also require other people to come to court, even from other districts, and U.S. marshals can serve subpoenas anywhere.

Full Legal Text

Title 15, §25

Commerce and Trade — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

The several district courts of the United States are invested with jurisdiction to prevent and restrain violations of this Act, 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. Whenever it shall appear to the court before which any such proceeding may be pending that the ends of justice require that other parties should be brought before the court, the court may cause them to be summoned whether they reside in the district in which the court is held or not, and subpoenas to that end may be served in any district by the marshal thereof.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This Act, referred to in text, is act Oct. 15, 1914, ch. 323, 38 Stat. 730, which is classified generally to section 12, 13, 14 to 19, 20, 21, and 22 to 27 of this title, and section 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.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

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.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

15 U.S.C. § 25

Title 15 — Commerce and Trade

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73