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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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