15 U.S.C. § 1719 : US Code - Section 1719: Jurisdiction of offenses and suits

Search 15 U.S.C. § 1719 : US Code - Section 1719: Jurisdiction of offenses and suits

The district courts of the United States, the United States
courts of any territory, and the United States District Court for
the District of Columbia shall have jurisdiction of offenses and
violations under this chapter and under the rules and regulations
prescribed by the Secretary pursuant thereto, and concurrent with
State courts, of all suits in equity and actions at law brought to
enforce any liability or duty created by this chapter. Any such
suit or action may be brought to enforce any liability or duty
created by this chapter. Any such suit or action may be brought in
the district wherein the defendant is found or is an inhabitant or
transacts business, or in the district where the offer or sale took
place, if the defendant participated therein, and process in such
cases may be served in any other district of which the defendant is
an inhabitant or wherever the defendant may be found. Judgments and
decrees so rendered shall be subject to review as provided in
sections 1254 and 1291 of title 28. No case arising under this
chapter and brought in any State court of competent jurisdiction
shall be removed to any court of the United States, except where
the United States or any officer or employee of the United States
in his official capacity is a party. No costs shall be assessed for
or against the Secretary in any proceeding under this chapter
brought by or against him in the Supreme Court or such other
courts.