§ 717u. — Jurisdiction of offenses; enforcement of liabilities and duties.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC717u]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 15B--NATURAL GAS
Sec. 717u. Jurisdiction of offenses; enforcement of liabilities
and duties
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, regulations, and orders 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 any
rule, regulation, or order thereunder. Any criminal proceeding shall 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, or to enjoin any violation of, this chapter or any rule,
regulation, or order thereunder may be brought in any such district or
in the district wherein the defendant is an inhabitant, and process in
such cases may be served 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. No costs shall be assessed
against the Commission in any judicial proceeding by or against the
Commission under this chapter.
(June 21, 1938, ch. 556, Sec. 22, 52 Stat. 833; June 25, 1948, ch. 646,
Sec. 1, 62 Stat. 875, 895.)
Codification
The words ``the District Court of the United States for the District
of Columbia'' following ``The District Courts of the United States''
omitted as superfluous in view of section 132(a) of Title 28, Judiciary
and Judicial Procedure, which states that ``There shall be in each
judicial district a district court which shall be a court of record
known as the United States District Court for the district'' and section
88 of title 28 which states that ``The District of Columbia constitutes
one judicial district''.
``Sections 1254, 1291, and 1292 of title 28'' substituted in text
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.
Transfer of Functions
Federal Power Commission terminated and functions, personnel,
property, funds, etc., transferred to Secretary of Energy (except for
certain functions transferred to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)
by sections 7151(b), 7171(a), 7172(a)(1), 7291, and 7293 of Title 42,
The Public Health and Welfare.
For transfer of functions of Federal Power Commission, with certain
reservations, to Chairman of such Commission, see Reorg. Plan No. 9 of
1950, Secs. 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3175, 64 Stat. 1265, set
out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
