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[CITE: 15USC36]

 
                      TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
 
      CHAPTER 1--MONOPOLIES AND COMBINATIONS IN RESTRAINT OF TRADE
 
Sec. 36. Recovery of damages, etc., for antitrust violations on 
        claim against person based on official action directed by local 
        government, or official or employee thereof acting in an 
        official capacity
        

(a) Prohibition in general

    No damages, interest on damages, costs or attorney's fees may be 
recovered under section 4, 4A, or 4C of the Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. 15, 
15a, or 15c) in any claim against a person based on any official action 
directed by a local government, or official or employee thereof acting 
in an official capacity.

(b) Nonapplication of prohibition for cases commenced before effective 
        date of provisions

    Subsection (a) of this section shall not apply with respect to cases 
commenced before the effective date of this Act.

(Pub. L. 98-544, Sec. 4, Oct. 24, 1984, 98 Stat. 2750.)

                       References in Text

    For effective date of this Act, referred to in subsec. (b), see 
Effective Date note below.


                             Effective Date

    Section effective thirty days before Oct. 24, 1984, see section 6 of 
Pub. L. 98-544, set out as a note under section 34 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 34 of this title.