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[CITE: 15USC715i]

 
                      TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
 
      CHAPTER 15A--INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
 
Sec. 715i. Restraining violations


(a) Mandatory injunction upon application of President

    Upon application of the President, by the Attorney General, the 
United States District Courts shall have jurisdiction to issue mandatory 
injunctions commanding any person to comply with the provisions of this 
chapter or any regulation issued thereunder.

(b) Discretionary action in district court to enjoin acts or practices

    Whenever it shall appear to the President that any person is engaged 
or about to engage in any acts or practices that constitute or will 
constitute a violation of any provision of this chapter or of any 
regulation thereunder, he may in his discretion, by the Attorney 
General, bring an action in the proper United States District Court to 
enjoin such acts or practices, and upon a proper showing a permanent or 
temporary injunction or restraining order shall be granted without bond.

(c) Exclusive jurisdiction of district court; review

    The United States District Courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction 
of violations of this chapter or the regulations thereunder, and of all 
suits in equity and actions at law brought to enforce any liability or 
duty created by, or to enjoin any violation of, this chapter or the 
regulations thereunder. Any criminal proceeding may be brought in the 
district wherein any act or transaction constituting the violation 
occurred. Any suit or action to enforce any liability or duty created by 
this chapter or regulations thereunder, or to enjoin any violation of 
this chapter or any regulations thereunder, may be brought in any such 
district or in the district wherein the defendant is found or is an 
inhabitant or transacts business, and process in such cases may be 
served in any other district of which the defendant is an inhabitant or 
wherever the defendant may be found. Judgments and decrees so rendered 
shall be subject to review as provided in sections 1254, 1291, and 1292 
of title 28.

(Feb. 22, 1935, ch. 18, Sec. 10, 49 Stat. 33.)

                          Codification

    In subsec. (c), ``sections 1254, 1291, and 1292 of title 28'' 
substituted for ``sections 128 and 240 of the Judicial Code, as amended 
[28 U.S.C. 225 and 347]'' on authority of act June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 
Stat. 869, the first section of which enacted Title 28, Judiciary and 
Judicial Procedure.
