§ 1804. — Reinstatement of joint operating arrangements previously adjudged unlawful under antitrust laws.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC1804]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 43--NEWSPAPER PRESERVATION
Sec. 1804. Reinstatement of joint operating arrangements
previously adjudged unlawful under antitrust laws
(a) Notwithstanding any final judgment rendered in any action
brought by the United States under which a joint operating arrangement
has been held to be unlawful under any antitrust law, any party to such
final judgment may reinstitute said joint newspaper operating
arrangement to the extent permissible under section 1803(a) of this
title.
(b) The provisions of section 1803 of this title shall apply to the
determination of any civil or criminal action pending in any district
court of the United State \1\ on July 24, 1970, in which it is alleged
that any such joint operating agreement is unlawful under any antitrust
law.
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\1\ So in original. Probably should be ``States''.
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(Pub. L. 91-353, Sec. 5, July 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 467.)
References in Text
Any antitrust law, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (b), are the
antitrust laws defined in section 1802 of this title.
