15 U.S.C. § 1338
Section 1338 · Criminal penalty
This is the Sherman Antitrust Act
Amended 3 times on record
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Capital Broadcasting Company v. Mitchell (1971)
Most recently applied in 593 F. Supp. 1146 - Cipollone v. Liggett Group, Inc. (September 1984)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Any person who violates the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall on conviction thereof be subject to a fine of not more than $10,000.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Prior Provisions
A prior section 10 of Pub. L. 89–92 was redesignated section 11 and is classified to section 1339 of this title.
Amendments
1970—Pub. L. 91–222 substituted provisions that violators shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to fine, for provision that if any part of this chapter be held invalid, other provisions thereof shall not be affected. See Separability note set out under section 1331 of this title.
Effective Date of 1970 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 91–222 effective Jan. 1, 1970, except where otherwise specified, see section 3 of Pub. L. 91–222, set out in part as a note under section 1331 of this title.