Title 15, Commerce and TradeRelease 119-102
§15d Measurement of Damages
Title 15 › CHAPTER 1 — MONOPOLIES AND COMBINATIONS IN RESTRAINT OF TRADE › § 15d
Summary
If a court finds someone illegally fixed prices under sections 1–7, the total harm to the group can be shown and worked out all at once. The court can allow statistics, sampling, calculations of illegal overcharges, or other fair estimation methods so the people the suit represents do not have to prove each person’s individual claim or exact loss.
Full Legal Text
Title 15, §15d
Commerce and Trade, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
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.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
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.
Reference
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Citation
15 U.S.C. § 15d
Title 15, Commerce and Trade
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102