Federal · Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
22 U.S.C. § 8143: Specific enforcement
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to restrain any conduct in violation of section 8124 of this title or section 8141 of this title ; or to compel the taking of any action required by or under this chapter or the Additional Protocol. in the case of a civil action described in paragraph (1) of such subsection, in the United States district court for the judicial district in which any act, omission, or transaction constituting a violation of section 8124 of this title or section 8141 of this title occurred or in which the defendant is found or transacts business; or in the case of a civil action described in paragraph (2) of such subsection, in the United States district court for the judicial district in which the defendant is found or transacts business. In any such civil action, process shall be served on a defendant wherever the defendant may reside or may be found.
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