Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 15 : Section 78aa


   
U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 78aa. Jurisdiction of offenses and suits

      The district courts of the United States and the United States
    courts of any Territory or other place subject to the jurisdiction
    of the United States shall have exclusive jurisdiction of
    violations of this chapter or the rules and regulations thereunder,
    and of all suits in equity and actions at law brought to enforce
    any liability or duty created by this chapter or the rules and
    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 rules and regulations thereunder,
    or to enjoin any violation of such chapter or rules and
    regulations, 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, 1292, and
    1294 of title 28. No costs shall be assessed for or against the
    Commission in any proceeding under this chapter brought by or
    against it in the Supreme Court or such other courts.



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