---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 U.S.C. § 3703"
title: "28"
title_heading: "Judiciary and Judicial Procedure"
number: "3703"
heading: "Injunctions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/28/3703"
units:
  - "Part VI — Particular Proceedings"
  - "Chapter 178 — Professional and Amateur Sports Protection"
---

# §3703. Injunctions


A civil action to enjoin a violation of [section 3702](/usc/28/3702.md) may be commenced in an appropriate district [court](/usc/28/3002.md?p=2) of the [United States](/usc/28/3002.md?p=15) by the Attorney General of the [United States](/usc/28/3002.md?p=15), or by a [professional sports organization](/usc/28/3701.md?p=3) or [amateur sports organization](/usc/28/3701.md?p=1) whose competitive game is alleged to be the basis of such violation.


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 102–559, § 2(a), Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 4228.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective Jan. 1, 1993, see section 3 of Pub. L. 102–559, set out as a note under section 3701 of this title.