2021 US Code
Title 15 - Commerce and Trade
Chapter 1 - Monopolies and Combinations in Restraint of Trade
Sec. 23 - Suits by United States; subpoenas for witnesses

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Citation 15 U.S.C. § 23 (2021)
Section Name §23. Suits by United States; subpoenas for witnesses
Section Text

In any suit, action, or proceeding brought by or on behalf of the United States subpoenas for witnesses who are required to attend a court of the United States in any judicial district in any case, civil or criminal, arising under the antitrust laws may run into any other district: Provided, That in civil cases no writ of subpoena shall issue for witnesses living out of the district in which the court is held at a greater distance than one hundred miles from the place of holding the same without the permission of the trial court being first had upon proper application and cause shown.

Source Credit

(Oct. 15, 1914, ch. 323, §13, 38 Stat. 736.)


Editorial Notes EDITORIAL NOTES REFERENCES IN TEXT

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

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 1 - MONOPOLIES AND COMBINATIONS IN RESTRAINT OF TRADE
Sec. 23 - Suits by United States; subpoenas for witnesses
Contains section 23
Date 2021
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 3, 2022
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 38 Stat. 736
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