---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 U.S.C. § 22"
title: "15"
title_heading: "Commerce and Trade"
number: "22"
heading: "District in which to sue corporation"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/15/22"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — Monopolies and Combinations in Restraint of Trade"
---

# §22. District in which to sue corporation


Any suit, action, or proceeding under the [antitrust laws](/usc/15/37a.md?p=1) against a corporation may be brought not only in the judicial district whereof it is an inhabitant, but also in any district wherein it may be found or transacts business; and all process in such cases may be served in the district of which it is an inhabitant, or wherever it may be found.


## Source credit

(Oct. 15, 1914, ch. 323, § 12, 38 Stat. 736.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The antitrust laws, referred to in text, are defined in section 12 of this title.