47-U.S.C.-206

§206 – Carriers' Liability For Damages

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Title 47 > Chapter 5 > Subchapter II > Part I > Section 206

Details

• Reference: Section 206
• Legend: §206 – Carriers' Liability For Damages
• USCode Year: 2013

Provision Content

In case any common carrier shall do, or cause or permit to be done, any act, matter, or thing in this chapter prohibited or declared to be unlawful, or shall omit to do any act, matter, or thing in this chapter required to be done, such common carrier shall be liable to the person or persons injured thereby for the full amount of damages sustained in consequence of any such violation of the provisions of this chapter, together with a reasonable counsel or attorneys fee, to be fixed by the court in every case of recovery, which attorneys fee shall be taxed and collected as part of the costs in the case.

(June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title II, §206, 48 Stat. 1072.)

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.

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