Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 15 : Section 29
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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 29 - Notes
SOURCE
(Feb. 11, 1903, ch. 544, Sec. 2, 32 Stat. 823; Mar. 3, 1911, ch.
231, Sec. 291, 36 Stat. 1167; June 9, 1944, ch. 239, 58 Stat. 272;
June 25, 1948, ch. 646, Sec. 17, 62 Stat. 989; Pub. L. 93-528, Sec.
5, Dec. 21, 1974, 88 Stat. 1709.)
REFERENCES IN TEXT
The Act entitled "An Act to protect trade and commerce against
unlawful restraints and monopolies", approved July 2, 1890,
referred to in subsec. (a), is known as the Sherman Act, and is
classified to sections 1 to 7 of this title.
CODIFICATION
Section was previously set out in both this section and in
section 45 of former Title 49, Transportation.
AMENDMENTS
1974 - Pub. L. 93-528 substituted provisions for appeals to the
court of appeals from civil actions in district courts where
equitable relief is sought, review by the Supreme Court of
judgments of courts of appeals, and for direct appeals to the
Supreme Court of cases involving general public importance, for
provisions that appeals from final judgments of district courts lie
to the Supreme Court only.
1948 - Act June 25, 1948, amended section generally to strike out
provisions relating to time for appeal, procedure, etc. See
sections 2101 and 2109 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial
Procedure.
1944 - Act June 9, 1944, provided for certification of case to
circuit court of appeals when there was no quorum of Justices of
the Supreme Court qualified to participate in the consideration of
the case and for designation of circuit judges in the event of
disqualification from hearing the case.
CHANGE OF NAME
Act Mar. 3, 1911, which transferred the powers and duties of the
circuit courts to the district courts, substituted "district court"
for "circuit court".
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1974 AMENDMENT
Section 7 of Pub. L. 93-528 provided that: "The amendment made by
section 5 of this Act [amending this section] shall not apply to an
action in which a notice of appeal to the Supreme Court has been
filed on or before the fifteenth day following the date of
enactment of this Act [Dec. 21, 1974]. Appeal in any such action
shall be taken pursuant to the provisions of section 2 of the Act
of February 11, 1903 (32 Stat. 823), as amended (15 U.S.C. 29;
[former] 49 U.S.C. 45) which were in effect on the day preceding
the date of enactment of this Act."
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