Title 15, Commerce and TradeRelease 119-110
§1804 Reinstatement of Joint Operating Arrangements Previously Adjudged Unlawful Under Antitrust Laws
Title 15 › CHAPTER 43 — NEWSPAPER PRESERVATION › § 1804
Summary
A party that lost a final court case saying a joint newspaper operating agreement was illegal may bring that agreement back if the rules that govern such arrangements allow it. Those same rules must be used to decide any civil or criminal case in a U.S. district court that was still pending on July 24, 1970 and that claimed a joint newspaper operating agreement violated antitrust law.
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Title 15, §1804
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(a)Notwithstanding any final judgment rendered in any action brought by the United States under which a joint operating arrangement has been held to be unlawful under any antitrust law, any party to such final judgment may reinstitute said joint newspaper operating arrangement to the extent permissible under section 1803(a) of this title.
(b)The provisions of section 1803 of this title shall apply to the determination of any civil or criminal action pending in any district court of the United State on July 24, 1970, in which it is alleged that any such joint operating agreement is unlawful under any antitrust law.
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15 U.S.C. § 1804
Title 15, Commerce and Trade
Last Updated
Sep 23, 2026
Release point: 119-110