15 USC § 15d - Measurement of damages

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identifier: "/us/usc/t15/s15d"
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title: "15 USC § 15d - Measurement of damages"
title_number: 15
title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
section_number: "15d"
section_name: "Measurement of damages"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "MONOPOLIES AND COMBINATIONS IN RESTRAINT OF TRADE"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Oct. 15, 1914, ch. 323, § 4D, as added Pub. L. 94–435, title III, § 301, Sept. 30, 1976, 90 Stat. 1395.)"
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# § 15d. Measurement of damages

section 15c(a)(1) of this title

In any action under , 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.

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**Source Credit**: (Oct. 15, 1914, ch. 323, § 4D, as added Pub. L. 94–435, title III, § 301, Sept. 30, 1976, 90 Stat. 1395.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Injuries sustained prior to , not covered by this section, see , set out as a note under .