Title 15 — Commerce and TradeRelease 119-73

§27 Effect of partial invalidity

Title 15 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - MONOPOLIES AND COMBINATIONS IN RESTRAINT OF TRADE › § 27

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

If a court finds one part of the Act invalid, the rest stays in force. The court’s ruling only applies to the specific part it decided.

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Title 15, §27

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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.

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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 section 12, 13, 14 to 19, 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

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note set out under section 12 of this title and Tables.

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Citation

15 U.S.C. § 27

Title 15 — Commerce and Trade

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73