15 USC § 5 - Bringing in additional parties

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identifier: "/us/usc/t15/s5"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "15 USC § 5 - Bringing in additional parties"
title_number: 15
title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
section_number: "5"
section_name: "Bringing in additional parties"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "MONOPOLIES AND COMBINATIONS IN RESTRAINT OF TRADE"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(July 2, 1890, ch. 647, § 5, 26 Stat. 210.)"
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# § 5. Bringing in additional parties

section 4 of this title

Whenever it shall appear to the court before which any proceeding under  may be pending, that the ends of justice require that other parties should be brought before the court, the court may cause them to be summoned, whether they reside in the district in which the court is held or not; and subpoenas to that end may be served in any district by the marshal thereof.

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**Source Credit**: (July 2, 1890, ch. 647, § 5, 26 Stat. 210.)