Limiting the Time for Bringing Certain Actions Under the Laws of the United States: Hearing ... on H.R. 2788 ... June 11-July 2, 19451945 - 229 pages |
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... given the subject extensive study and considerable research. It is rather strange that over such a long period of time, and with so many statutes having been enacted by the Congress, that so few of them have incorporated any period of ...
... given the subject extensive study and considerable research. It is rather strange that over such a long period of time, and with so many statutes having been enacted by the Congress, that so few of them have incorporated any period of ...
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... given the subject extensive study and considerable research . It is rather strange that over such a long pe- riod of time , and with so many statutes having been enacted by the Congress , that so few of them have incorporated any period ...
... given the subject extensive study and considerable research . It is rather strange that over such a long pe- riod of time , and with so many statutes having been enacted by the Congress , that so few of them have incorporated any period ...
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... given the right of action to recover substantial penalties or damages for acts which , when committed , were not unlawful , but which have become so by administrative or judicial decision , then we think the matter calls for correction ...
... given the right of action to recover substantial penalties or damages for acts which , when committed , were not unlawful , but which have become so by administrative or judicial decision , then we think the matter calls for correction ...
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... given the Administrator . But then the Court went beyond that , and in directing the district court as to how these cases should be disposed of , it ordered the district court to hold these cases until the Administrator should formulate ...
... given the Administrator . But then the Court went beyond that , and in directing the district court as to how these cases should be disposed of , it ordered the district court to hold these cases until the Administrator should formulate ...
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... given particularly as to those cases where the right of action and the damages , liability , springs from a retroactive administrative or court decision - in those cases particular consideration should be given to absolutely cutting off ...
... given particularly as to those cases where the right of action and the damages , liability , springs from a retroactive administrative or court decision - in those cases particular consideration should be given to absolutely cutting off ...
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Page 168 - That any person who shall be injured in his business or property by reason of anything forbidden in the antitrust laws may sue therefor in any district court of the United States in the district in which the defendant resides or is found or has an agent, without respect to the amount in controversy, and shall recover threefold the damages by him sustained, and the cost of suit, including a reasonable attorney's fee.
Page 178 - Be it therefore enacted, that whensoever the death of a person shall be caused by wrongful act, neglect or default, and the act, neglect or default is such as would (if death had not ensued...
Page 178 - It shall be the duty of the various district attorneys, under the direction of the Attorney General of the United States, to prosecute for the recovery of forfeitures.
Page 171 - ... liable to the person or persons injured thereby for the full amount of damages sustained in consequence of any such violation...
Page 173 - Every claim against the United States cognizable by the Court of Claims shall be forever barred unless the petition setting forth a statement thereof is filed...
Page 43 - The court in such action shall, in addition to any judgment awarded to the plaintiff or plaintiffs, allow a reasonable attorney's fee to be paid by the defendant, and costs of the action.
Page 172 - ... hereby declared to be a misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction thereof in any court of the United States of competent jurisdiction within the district in which such offense was committed, be subject for each offense to a fine of not exceeding five thousand dollars or imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of not exceeding two years, or both, in the discretion of the court.
Page 172 - That any person or persons claiming to be damaged by any common carrier subject to the provisions of this act may either make complaint to the Commission as hereinafter provided for, or may bring suit in his or their own behalf for the recovery of the damages for which such common carrier may be liable under the provisions of this act...
Page 170 - And in cases of such violation, every director who participated in or assented to the same shall be held liable in his personal and individual capacity for all damages which 1 See § 152.
Page 91 - FINDING AND DECLARATION OF POLICY SEC. 2. (a) The Congress hereby finds that the existence, in industries engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce, of labor conditions detrimental to the maintenance of the minimum standard of living necessary for health, efficiency, and general wellbeing of workers...