FEDERAL · 47 U.S.C. · Chapter SUBCHAPTER II—COMMON CARRIERS

Carriers' liability for damages

47 U.S.C. § 206
Title47Telecommunications
ChapterSUBCHAPTER II—COMMON CARRIERS
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47 U.S.C. § 206.

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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 attorney's fee, to be fixed by the court in every case of recovery, which attorney's fee shall be taxed and collected as part of the costs in the case.

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History

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

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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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