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    15 USC Sec. 2                                               01/05/2009

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    TITLE 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE
    CHAPTER 1 - MONOPOLIES AND COMBINATIONS IN RESTRAINT OF TRADE

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    Sec. 2. Monopolizing trade a felony; penalty

STATUTE

      Every person who shall monopolize, or attempt to monopolize, or
    combine or conspire with any other person or persons, to monopolize
    any part of the trade or commerce among the several States, or with
    foreign nations, shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and, on
    conviction thereof, shall be punished by fine not exceeding
    $100,000,000 if a corporation, or, if any other person, $1,000,000,
    or by imprisonment not exceeding 10 years, or by both said
    punishments, in the discretion of the court.

SOURCE

    (July 2, 1890, ch. 647, Sec. 2, 26 Stat. 209; July 7, 1955, ch.
    281, 69 Stat. 282; Pub. L. 93-528, Sec. 3, Dec. 21, 1974, 88 Stat.
    1708; Pub. L. 101-588, Sec. 4(b), Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 2880;
    Pub. L. 108-237, title II, Sec. 215(b), June 22, 2004, 118 Stat.
    668.)

AMENDMENTS

      2004 - Pub. L. 108-237 substituted "$100,000,000" for
    "$10,000,000", "$1,000,000" for "$350,000", and "10" for "three".
      1990 - Pub. L. 101-588 substituted "$10,000,000" for "one million
    dollars" and "$350,000" for "one hundred thousand dollars".
      1974 - Pub. L. 93-528 substituted "a felony, and, on conviction
    thereof, shall be punished by fine not exceeding one million
    dollars if a corporation, or, if any other person, one hundred
    thousand dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding three years" for
    "a misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof, shall be punished by
    fine not exceeding fifty thousand dollars, or by imprisonment not
    exceeding one year".
      1955 - Act July 7, 1955, substituted "fifty thousand dollars" for
    "five thousand dollars".