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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 29. Appeals
(a) Court of appeals; review by Supreme Court
Except as otherwise expressly provided by this section, in every
civil action brought in any district court of the United States
under the Act entitled "An Act to protect trade and commerce
against unlawful restraints and monopolies", approved July 2, 1890,
or any other Acts having like purpose that have been or hereafter
may be enacted, in which the United States is the complainant and
equitable relief is sought, any appeal from a final judgement
entered in any such action shall be taken to the court of appeals
pursuant to sections 1291 and 2107 of title 28. Any appeal from an
interlocutory order entered in any such action shall be taken to
the court of appeals pursuant to sections 1292(a)(1) and 2107 of
title 28 but not otherwise. Any judgment entered by the court of
appeals in any such action shall be subject to review by the
Supreme Court upon a writ of certiorari as provided in section
1254(1) of title 28.
(b) Direct appeals to Supreme Court
An appeal from a final judgment pursuant to subsection (a) of
this section shall lie directly to the Supreme Court, if, upon
application of a party filed within fifteen days of the filing of a
notice of appeal, the district judge who adjudicated the case
enters an order stating that immediate consideration of the appeal
by the Supreme Court is of general public importance in the
administration of justice. Such order shall be filed within thirty
days after the filing of a notice of appeal. When such an order is
filed, the appeal and any cross appeal shall be docketed in the
time and manner prescribed by the rules of the Supreme Court. The
Supreme Court shall thereupon either (1) dispose of the appeal and
any cross appeal in the same manner as any other direct appeal
authorized by law, or (2) in its discretion, deny the direct appeal
and remand the case to the court of appeals, which shall then have
jurisdiction to hear and determine the same as if the appeal and
any cross appeal therein had been docketed in the court of appeals
in the first instance pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.
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