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[CITE: 15USC15e]

 
                      TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
 
      CHAPTER 1--MONOPOLIES AND COMBINATIONS IN RESTRAINT OF TRADE
 
Sec. 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.

(Oct. 15, 1914, ch. 323, Sec. 4E, as added Pub. L. 94-435, title III, 
Sec. 301, Sept. 30, 1976, 90 Stat. 1395.)


                             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.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 15g, 15h of this title.