§ 207. Recovery of damages

Statutory text

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.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1934
Pub. L. 73–652 · 48 Stat. 1064
Enacted · 47 U.S.C. § 207
(June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title II, § 207, 48 Stat. 1073.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title II, § 207, 48 Stat. 1073.)

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Editorial Notes

References in Text

This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning act June 19, 1934, ch. 652, 48 Stat. 1064, known as the Communications Act of 1934, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 609 of this title and Tables.

Credits

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