Antitrust: Headings and Some Text for the Sherman Antitrust Act

Headings of the 13 sections of the Sherman Act (with text for Sections 1, 2 and 4):

1. Trusts, etc. [contract, combination or conspiracy], in restraint of trade illegal; penalty Section 1 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C.A. Section 1, prohibiting conspiracies and restraints in trade

2. Monopolization; penalty Section 2 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C.A. Section 2, prohibiting monopolization and conspiracies and attempts to monopolize

3. Trusts in Territories or District of Columbia illegal; combination a felony

4. Jurisdiction of courts; duty of United States attorneys; Procedure Section 4 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C.A. Section 4, providing for injunctive relief, both preliminary and permanent

5. Bringing in additional parties

6. Forfeiture of property in transit

6a. Conduct involving trade or commerce with foreign nations

7. "Person" defined

8. Trust in restraint of import trade illegal; penalty [actually Section 73 of the Wilson Tariff Act of 1894]

9. Jurisdiction of courts; duty of United States attorneys; procedure

10. Bringing in additional parties

11. Forfeiture of property in transit

12. Words defined; short title

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