§ 411. — Joinder of parties.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 47USC411]
TITLE 47--TELEGRAPHS, TELEPHONES, AND RADIOTELEGRAPHS
CHAPTER 5--WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION
SUBCHAPTER IV--PROCEDURAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Sec. 411. Joinder of parties
(a) In any proceeding for the enforcement of the provisions of this
chapter, whether such proceeding be instituted before the Commission or
be begun originally in any district court of the United States, it shall
be lawful to include as parties, in addition to the carrier, all persons
interested in or affected by the charge, regulation, or practice under
consideration, and inquiries, investigations, orders, and decrees may be
made with reference to and against such additional parties in the same
manner, to the same extent, and subject to the same provisions as are or
shall be authorized by law with respect to carriers.
(b) In any suit for the enforcement of an order for the payment of
money all parties in whose favor the Commission may have made an award
for damages by a single order may be joined as plaintiffs, and all of
the carriers parties to such order awarding such damages may be joined
as defendants, and such suit may be maintained by such joint plaintiffs
and against such joint defendants in any district where any one of such
joint plaintiffs could maintain such suit against any one of such joint
defendants; and service of process against any one of such defendants as
may not be found in the district where the suit is brought may be made
in any district where such defendant carrier has its principal operating
office. In case of such joint suit, the recovery, if any, may be by
judgment in favor of any one of such plaintiffs, against the defendant
found to be liable to such plaintiff.
(June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title IV, Sec. 411, 48 Stat. 1098.)
