15 USC § 15h - Applicability of parens patriae actions

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identifier: "/us/usc/t15/s15h"
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title: "15 USC § 15h - Applicability of parens patriae actions"
title_number: 15
title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
section_number: "15h"
section_name: "Applicability of parens patriae actions"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "MONOPOLIES AND COMBINATIONS IN RESTRAINT OF TRADE"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Oct. 15, 1914, ch. 323, § 4H, as added Pub. L. 94–435, title III, § 301, Sept. 30, 1976, 90 Stat. 1396.)"
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# § 15h. Applicability of parens patriae actions

Sections 15c, 15d, 15e, 15f, and 15g of this title shall apply in any State, unless such State provides by law for its nonapplicability in such State.

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**Source Credit**: (Oct. 15, 1914, ch. 323, § 4H, as added Pub. L. 94–435, title III, § 301, Sept. 30, 1976, 90 Stat. 1396.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Injuries sustained prior to , not covered by this section, see , set out as a note under .