Title 15, Commerce and TradeRelease 119-102

§15b Limitation of Actions

Title 15 › CHAPTER 1 — MONOPOLIES AND COMBINATIONS IN RESTRAINT OF TRADE › § 15b

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Suits under sections 15, 15a, 15c must start within four years or they're barred; claims barred on its effective date remain barred.

Full Legal Text

Title 15, §15b

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Any action to enforce any cause of action under section 15, 15a, or 15c of this title shall be forever barred unless commenced within four years after the cause of action accrued. No cause of action barred under existing law on the effective date of this Act shall be revived by this Act.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The

Effective Date

of this Act, referred to in text, probably refers to the

Effective Date

of act

July 7, 1955, ch. 283, 69 Stat. 282, which was six months after

July 7, 1955. This Act, referred to in text, probably refers to act

July 7, 1955.

Amendments

1976—Pub. L. 94–435 substituted “section 15, 15a, or 15c” for “section 15 or 15a”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Act

July 7, 1955, ch. 283, § 4, 69 Stat. 283, provided: “This Act [enacting this section and section 15a of this title, amending section 16 of this title, and repealing provisions set out as a note under section 15 of this title] shall take effect six months after its enactment [

July 7, 1955].”

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

15 U.S.C. § 15b

Title 15, Commerce and Trade

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102