15 U.S.C. § 1831
Section 1831 · Authorization of appropriations
This is the Sherman Antitrust Act
Amended 2 times on record
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Wilson v. Pleasant (1996)
Most recently applied in Peter v. Ford Motor Co. (September 2009)
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.
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this chapter $125,000 for the period beginning July 1, 1976, and ending September 30, 1976; and for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1976, and for each fiscal year thereafter there are authorized to be appropriated such sums, not to exceed $500,000, as may be necessary to carry out this chapter.
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Amendments
1976—Pub. L. 94 360 substituted provisions authorizing $125,000 to be appropriated for the period beginning July 1, 1976 and ending September 30, 1976, and $500,000 to be appropriated for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1976, and each fiscal year thereafter, to carry out the purposes of this chapter, for provisions authorizing not more than $100,000 to be appropriated annually to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
Effective Date of 1976 Amendment
Section 10 of Pub. L. 94 360 provided that the amendment made by that section is effective July 1, 1976.