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S. 2489 (97th)

Antitrust Enforcement Fair Dispositions Act of 1982

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Introduced

5 May 1982

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

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10 August 2026

Summary

Antitrust Enforcement Fair Dispositions Act of 1982 - Amends the Antitrust Procedures and Penalties Act to permit the termination of any civil proceeding brought by or on behalf of the United States under the antitrust laws only upon order of the court before which the proceeding is pending. Subjects any motion for dismissal of such a proceeding made by the United States, and any proposal for modification of a judgment entered in such a proceeding to public comment and judicial review requirements basically identical to those applied to proposals for consent judgments for the purpose of requiring the presiding court to determine that any order for dismissal, any proposed modification, or any proposed consent judgment is in the public interest before the court may enter such order or proposal.

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