
      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.

                              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.

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