15 USC § 23 - Suits by United States; subpoenas for witnesses

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identifier: "/us/usc/t15/s23"
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title: "15 USC § 23 - Suits by United States; subpoenas for witnesses"
title_number: 15
title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
section_number: "23"
section_name: "Suits by United States; subpoenas for witnesses"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "MONOPOLIES AND COMBINATIONS IN RESTRAINT OF TRADE"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Oct. 15, 1914, ch. 323, § 13, 38 Stat. 736.)"
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# § 23. Suits by United States; subpoenas for witnesses

*Provided*

In any suit, action, or proceeding brought by or on behalf of the United States subpoenas for witnesses who are required to attend a court of the United States in any judicial district in any case, civil or criminal, arising under the antitrust laws may run into any other district: , That in civil cases no writ of subpoena shall issue for witnesses living out of the district in which the court is held at a greater distance than one hundred miles from the place of holding the same without the permission of the trial court being first had upon proper application and cause shown.

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**Source Credit**: (Oct. 15, 1914, ch. 323, § 13, 38 Stat. 736.)

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