15 USC § 15e - Distribution of damages

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identifier: "/us/usc/t15/s15e"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "15 USC § 15e - Distribution of damages"
title_number: 15
title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
section_number: "15e"
section_name: "Distribution of damages"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "MONOPOLIES AND COMBINATIONS IN RESTRAINT OF TRADE"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Oct. 15, 1914, ch. 323, § 4E, as added Pub. L. 94–435, title III, § 301, Sept. 30, 1976, 90 Stat. 1395.)"
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# § 15e. Distribution of damages

Monetary relief recovered in an action under section 15c(a)(1) of this title shall—

**(1)** be distributed in such manner as the district court in its discretion may authorize; or

**(2)** be deemed a civil penalty by the court and deposited with the State as general revenues;

subject in either case to the requirement that any distribution procedure adopted afford each person a reasonable opportunity to secure his appropriate portion of the net monetary relief.

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**Source Credit**: (Oct. 15, 1914, ch. 323, § 4E, 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 .