Every contract, combination in the form of trust or otherwise, or conspiracy, in restraint of trade or commerce among the several States, or with foreign nations, is declared to be illegal. Every person who shall make any contract or engage in any combination or conspiracy hereby declared to be illegal 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.
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Every contract, combination in the form of trust or otherwise, or conspiracy, in restraint of trade or commerce among the several States, or with foreign nations, is declared to be illegal. Every person who shall make any contract or engage in any combination or conspiracy hereby declared to be illegal 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.
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§ 1. Trusts, etc., in restraint of trade illegal; pen-
alty
Every contract, combination in the form of
trust or otherwise, or conspiracy, in restraint of
trade or commerce among the several States, or
with foreign nations, is declared to be illegal.
Every person who shall make any contract or
engage in any combination or conspiracy hereby
declared to be illegal 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.
(July 2, 1890, ch. 647, § 1, 26 Stat. 209; Aug. 17,
1937, ch. 690, title VIII, 50 Stat. 693; July 7, 1955,
ch. 281, 69 Stat. 282; Pub. L. 93–528, § 3, Dec. 21,
1974, 88 Stat. 1708; Pub. L. 94–145, § 2, Dec. 12,
1975, 89 Stat. 801; Pub. L. 101–588, § 4(a), Nov. 16,
1990, 104 Stat. 2880; Pub. L. 108–237, title II,
§ 215(a), June 22, 2004, 118 Stat. 668.)
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Editorial Notes
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 thou-
sand dollars’’.
1975—Pub. L. 94–145 struck out from first sentence
two provisos granting anti-trust exemption to State
fair trade laws.
1974—Pub. L. 93–528 substituted ‘‘a felony, and, on
conviction thereof, shall be punished by fine not ex-
ceeding one million dollars if a corporation, or, if any
other person, one hundred thousand dollars, or by im-
prisonment not exceeding three years’’ for ‘‘a mis-
demeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be punish