Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 15 : Section 16
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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 16 - Notes
SOURCE
(Oct. 15, 1914, ch. 323, Sec. 5, 38 Stat. 731; July 7, 1955, ch.
283, Sec. 2, 69 Stat. 283; Pub. L. 93-528, Sec. 2, Dec. 21, 1974,
88 Stat. 1706; Pub. L. 94-435, title III, Sec. 302(2), Sept. 30,
1976, 90 Stat. 1396; Pub. L. 96-349, Sec. 5(a), Sept. 12, 1980, 94
Stat. 1157.)
REFERENCES IN TEXT
The antitrust laws, referred to in subsecs. (a), (b), and (g) to
(i), are defined in section 12 of this title.
AMENDMENTS
1980 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 96-349 made collateral estoppel
inapplicable in any action or proceeding brought under the
antitrust laws to any finding made by the Commission under the
antitrust laws or under section 45 of this title which could give
rise to a claim for relief under the antitrust laws; struck out "or
by the United States under section 15a of this title," after "under
said laws"; and deleted from proviso "or to judgments or decrees
entered in actions under section 15a of this title" after
"testimony has been taken".
1976 - Pub. L. 94-435 substituted "private or State right of
action" for "private right of action" and "section 15 or 15c" for
"section 15".
1974 - Subsecs. (b) to (i). Pub. L. 93-528 added subsecs. (b) to
(h) and redesignated former subsec. (b) as (i).
1955 - Act July 7, 1955, substituted subsec. (a) for first
paragraph, to provide that final judgments in actions under the
antitrust laws by the United States shall be prima facie evidence
in damage suits by the United States as well as in private damage
suits, and substituted subsec. (b) for second paragraph, to provide
for a one-year suspension of limitations.
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