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Text of 15 USC §15d
Cite.
15 USC Sec. 15d 01/05/99
Expcite.
Title 15 - Commerce and Trade; Chapter 1 - Monopolies and
Combinations In Restraint of Trade
Head. Sec.
15d. Measurement of damages
Statute. In
any action under section 15c(a)(1) of this title, in which there has
been a determination that a defendant agreed to fix prices in violation
of sections 1 to 7 of this title, damages may be proved and assessed in
the aggregate by statistical or sampling methods, by the computation of
illegal overcharges, or by such other reasonable system of estimating
aggregate damages as the court in its discretion may permit without the
necessity of separately proving the individual claim of, or amount of
damage to, persons on whose behalf the suit was brought.
Source.
(Oct. 15, 1914, ch. 323, Sec. 4D, as added Pub. L. 94-435, title III,
Sec. 301, Sept. 30, 1976, 90 Stat. 1395.)
Effective
Date. Injuries sustained prior to Sept. 30, 1976, not covered
by this section, see section 304 of Pub. L. 94-435, set out as a note
under section 15c of this title.
Section
Referred to in Other Sections. This section is referred to in
sections 15g, 15h of this title.