§ 15d. — Measurement of damages.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC15d]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 1--MONOPOLIES AND COMBINATIONS IN RESTRAINT OF TRADE
Sec. 15d. Measurement of damages
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.
(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.
