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7 U.S.C. § 209 — Liability to individuals for violations; enforcement generally

submitted 105 years ago by ch. 64 to r/title-7-AGRICULTURE · 145 words · no verdicts yet

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This law makes a person who violates the stockyard rules, or a related Secretary's order, financially liable to whoever it injured. That liability can be enforced either by a complaint to the Secretary or by a lawsuit in federal court, alongside any other existing legal remedies.

(a) If a person covered by this chapter violates its rules, or violates a Secretary's order about buying, selling, or handling livestock, buying or selling poultry, or a poultry-growing or swine-production contract, that person is liable to whoever was injured for the full amount of the damages caused. (b) This liability can be enforced in either of two ways: by filing a complaint with the Secretary, as described in section 210 of this title, or by filing a lawsuit in any federal district court with jurisdiction. This chapter doesn't take away or change any remedy that already existed under common law or other statutes — its rules are in addition to those remedies, not instead of them.
the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain
(a)

If any person subject to this chapter violates any of the provisions of this chapter, or of any order of the Secretary under this chapter, relating to the purchase, sale, or handling of livestock, the purchase or sale of poultry, or relating to any poultry growing arrangement or swine production contract, he shall be liable to the person or persons injured thereby for the full amount of damages sustained in consequence of such violation.

(b)

Such liability may be enforced either (1) by complaint to the Secretary as provided in section 210 of this title, or (2) by suit in any district court of the United States of competent jurisdiction; but this section shall not in any way abridge or alter the remedies now existing at common law or by statute, but the provisions of this chapter are in addition to such remedies.

Source credit: (Aug. 15, 1921, ch. 64, title III, § 308, 42 Stat. 165; Pub. L. 94–410, § 6, Sept. 13, 1976, 90 Stat. 1250; Pub. L. 100–173, § 5, Nov. 23, 1987, 101 Stat. 918; Pub. L. 107–171, title X, § 10502(b)(2)(B), May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 510.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1921Enacted · Act of Aug. 15, 1921, ch. 64 · 42 Stat. 165
  • 1976Amended · Pub. L. 94-410 · 90 Stat. 1250
  • 1987Amended · Pub. L. 100-173 · 101 Stat. 918
  • 2002Amended · Pub. L. 107-171 · 116 Stat. 510

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 64 on 1921-08-15.

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