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15 U.S.C. § 15b — Limitation of actions
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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.
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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.
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**(a) Amount of recovery; prejudgment interest** Except as provided in subsection (b), any person who shall be injured in his business or property by reason of anything forbidden in the antitrust laws may sue therefor in any district court of the United States in the district in which the defendant resides or is found or has an agent, without respect to the amount in controversy, and shall recover threefold the damages by him sustained, and the cost of suit, including a reasonable attorney’s fee. The court may award under this section, pursuant to a motion by such person promptly made, simple interest on actual damages for the period beginning on the date of service of such person’s pleading setting forth a claim under the antitrust laws and ending on the date of judgment, or for any shorter period therein, if the court finds that the award of such interest for such period is just in the circumstances. In determining whether an award of interest under this section for any period is just in the circumstances, the court shall consider only—
(1) whether such person or the opposing party, or either party’s representative, made motions or asserted claims or defenses so lacking in merit as to show that such party or representative acted intentionally for delay, or otherwise acted in bad faith;
(2) whether, in the course of the action involved, such person or the opposing party, or either party’s representative, violated any applicable rule, statute, or court order providing for sanctions for dilatory behavior or otherwise providing for expeditious proceedings; and
(3) whether such person or the opposing party, or either party’s representative, engaged in conduct primarily for the purpose of delaying the litigation or increasing the cost thereof.
**(b) Amount of damages pa
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Whenever the United States is hereafter injured in its business or property by reason of anything forbidden in the antitrust laws it may sue therefor in the United States district court for the district in which the defendant resides or is found or has an agent, without respect to the amount in controversy, and shall recover threefold the damages by it sustained and the cost of suit. The court may award under this section, pursuant to a motion by the United States promptly made, simple interest on actual damages for the period beginning on the date of service of the pleading of the United States setting forth a claim under the antitrust laws and ending on the date of judgment, or for any shorter period therein, if the court finds that the award of such interest for such period is just in the circumstances. In determining whether an award of interest under this section for any period is just in the circumstances, the court shall consider only—
(1) whether the United States or the opposing party, or either party’s representative, made motions or asserted claims or defenses so lacking in merit as to show that such party or representative acted intentionally for delay or otherwise acted in bad faith;
(2) whether, in the course of the action involved, the United States or the opposing party, or either party’s representative, violated any applicable rule, statute, or court order providing for sanctions for dilatory behavior or otherwise providing for expeditious proceedings;
(3) whether the United States or the opposing party, or either party’s representative, engaged in conduct primarily for the purpose of delaying the litigation or increasing the cost thereof; and
(4) whether the award of such interest is necessary to compensate the United States adequately for the inju
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**(a) Prima facie evidence; collateral estoppel** A final judgment or decree heretofore or hereafter rendered in any civil or criminal proceeding brought by or on behalf of the United States under the antitrust laws to the effect that a defendant has violated said laws shall be prima facie evidence against such defendant in any action or proceeding brought by any other party against such defendant under said laws as to all matters respecting which said judgment or decree would be an estoppel as between the parties thereto: Provided, That this section shall not apply to consent judgments or decrees entered before any testimony has been taken. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to impose any limitation on the application of collateral estoppel, except that, in any action or proceeding brought under the antitrust laws, collateral estoppel effect shall not be given to any finding made by the Federal Trade Commission under the antitrust laws or under [section 45 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section45&num=0&edition=prelim) which could give rise to a claim for relief under the antitrust laws.
**(b) Consent judgments and competitive impact statements; publication in Federal Register; availability of copies to the public** Any proposal for a consent judgment submitted by the United States for entry in any civil proceeding brought by or on behalf of the United States under the antitrust laws shall be filed with the district court before which such proceeding is pending and published by the United States in the Federal Register at least 60 days prior to the effective date of such judgment. Any written comments relating to such proposal and any responses by the United States thereto, shall also be filed with
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TITLE 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE
§ 15c
after July 7, 1955. Section 77 of act Aug. 27, 1894, was re-
pealed
by
Pub.
L.
107–273,
div.
C,
title
IV,
§§ 14102(c)(1)(A), 14103, Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1921, 1922,
effective Nov. 2, 2002, and applicable only with respect
to cases commenced on or after Nov. 2, 2002.
AMENDMENTS
1982—Pub. L. 97–393 designated existing provisions as
subsec. (a), inserted ‘‘Except as provided in subsection
(b),’’, and added subsecs. (b) and (c).
1980—Pub. L. 96–349 inserted provisions respecting
award of prejudgment interest including considerations
for the court in determining whether an award is just
under the circumstances.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1980 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 96–349, § 4(b), Sept. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 1157, pro-
vided that: ‘‘The amendments made by this section
[amending this section and sections 15a and 15c of this
title] shall apply only with respect to actions com-
menced after the date of the enactment of this Act
[Sept 12, 1980].’’
§ 15a. Suits by United States; amount of recovery;
prejudgment interest
Whenever the United States is hereafter in-
jured in its business or property by reason of
anything forbidden in the antitrust laws it may
sue therefor in the United States district court
for the district in which the defendant resides or
is found or has an agent, without respect to the
amount in controversy, and shall recover three-
fold the damages by it sustained and the cost of
suit. The court may award under this section,
pursuant to a motion by the United States
promptly made, simple interest on actual dam-
ages for the period beginning on the date of
service of the pleading of the United States set-
ting forth a claim under the antitrust laws and
ending
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