15-U.S.C.-8
§8 – Trusts In Restraint of Import Trade Illegal; Penalty
Pathway
Title 15 > Chapter 1 > Section 8
Details
- Reference: Section 8
- Legend: §8 – Trusts In Restraint of Import Trade Illegal; Penalty
- USCode Year: 2013
Provision Content
Every combination, conspiracy, trust, agreement, or contract is declared to be contrary to public policy, illegal, and void when the same is made by or between two or more persons or corporations, either of whom, as agent or principal, is engaged in importing any article from any foreign country into the United States, and when such combination, conspiracy, trust, agreement, or contract is intended to operate in restraint of lawful trade, or free competition in lawful trade or commerce, or to increase the market price in any part of the United States of any article or articles imported or intended to be imported into the United States, or of any manufacture into which such imported article enters or is intended to enter. Every person who shall be engaged in the importation of goods or any commodity from any foreign country in violation of this section, or who shall combine or conspire with another to violate the same, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof in any court of the United States such person shall be fined in a sum not less than $100 and not exceeding $5,000, and shall be further punished by imprisonment, in the discretion of the court, for a term not less than three months nor exceeding twelve months.
(Aug. 27, 1894, ch. 349, §73, 28 Stat. 570; Feb. 12, 1913, ch. 40, 37 Stat. 667.)
Amendments
1913—Act Feb. 12, 1913, inserted as agent or principal.
Short Title
Section 77, formerly §78, of act Aug. 27, 1894, as added by Pub. L. 94–435, title III, §305(d), Sept. 30, 1976, 90 Stat. 1397; renumbered §77 and amended Pub. L. 107–273, div. C, title IV, §14102(c)(1)(B), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1921, provided that: Sections 73, 74, 75, and 76 of this Act [enacting sections 8 to 11 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Wilson Tariff Act’.
U.S. Encyclopedia of Law Coverage
15-U.S.C.-26 in the Legal Encyclopedia: Trade Law
In this entry about 15-U.S.C.-26, find legal reference material, bibliographies and premiere content related to trade law in the American Encyclopedia of Law, presenting a comprehensive view of the United States trade law-specific issues, written by authorities in the field.
15-U.S.C.-26B in the Legal Encyclopedia: Restraint of Trade
In this entry about 15-U.S.C.-26B, find legal reference material, bibliographies and premiere content related to restraint of trade in the American Encyclopedia of Law, presenting a comprehensive view of the United States restraint of trade-specific issues, written by authorities in the field.
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