Title 15, Commerce and TradeRelease 119-102
§1001 Prize-fight Films as Subjects of Interstate or Foreign Commerce
Title 15 › CHAPTER 19 — MISCELLANEOUS › § 1001
Summary
Films or pictures of prize fights sent into any State, Territory, or possession lose interstate or foreign-commerce status on crossing the border and must follow that place’s laws.
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Title 15, §1001
Commerce and Trade, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
Every film or other pictorial representation of any prize fight or encounter of pugilists, under whatever name, transported into any State, Territory, or possession, for use, sale, storage, exhibition, or other disposition therein is divested of its character as a subject of interstate or foreign commerce to the extent that it shall upon crossing the boundary of such State, Territory, or possession, be subject to the operation and effect of the laws of such State, Territory, or possession enacted in the exercise of its police power.
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15 U.S.C. § 1001
Title 15, Commerce and Trade
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102