47 U.S.C. § 207 — Recovery of damages

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If a common carrier covered by this chapter harms someone, that person can either file a complaint with the Commission or sue the carrier in federal district court for damages. They cannot do both — they must pick one path.

This section is one undivided provision. Anyone who claims a common carrier covered by this chapter damaged them has two options: file a complaint with the Commission, using the process described elsewhere in this chapter, or sue the carrier for damages in any U.S. district court that has jurisdiction. The person can only use one of these two paths, not both.

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Any person claiming to be damaged by any common carrier subject to the provisions of this chapter may either make complaint to the Commission as hereinafter provided for, or may bring suit for the recovery of the damages for which such common carrier may be liable under the provisions of this chapter, in any district court of the United States of competent jurisdiction; but such person shall not have the right to pursue both such remedies.

Source credit: (June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title II, § 207, 48 Stat. 1073.)

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1934Enacted · Act of June 19, 1934, ch. 652 · 48 Stat. 1073

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