1998 U.S. Code
Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 1 - MONOPOLIES AND COMBINATIONS IN RESTRAINT OF TRADE
Sec. 22 - District in which to sue corporation

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§22. District in which to sue corporation

Any suit, action, or proceeding under the antitrust laws against a corporation may be brought not only in the judicial district whereof it is an inhabitant, but also in any district wherein it may be found or transacts business; and all process in such cases may be served in the district of which it is an inhabitant, or wherever it may be found.

(Oct. 15, 1914, ch. 323, §12, 38 Stat. 736.)

References in Text

The antitrust laws, referred to in text, are defined in section 12 of this title.

Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure

Rules not to be construed as extending or limiting jurisdiction of Court of Appeals, see rule 1, Title 28, Appendix, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

One form of action, see rule 2, Title 28, Appendix, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.

Process, see rule 4.

Rules as governing the procedure in all suits of a civil nature whether cognizable as cases at law or in equity, see rule 1.

Cross References

Venue—

Generally, see section 1391 et seq. of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.

Damage actions, see section 15 of this title.