15 U.S.C. § 20
Section 20 · Repealed. Pub. L. 101588, 3, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 2880
Applied in 40 court decisions — leading case Bangor Punta Operations, Inc. v. Bangor & Aroostook Railroad (1974)
Most recently applied in John Pinson v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association (November 2019)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Section, act Oct. 15, 1914, ch. 323, 10, 38 Stat. 734, related to a $50,000 yearly, aggregate limitation on purchases and contracts between a common carrier and any entity with whom such carrier has any form of interlocking directorate, etc., required filing with ICC of a full statement of transactions excluded from such limitation, and set forth fines and penalties for violation of such limitation.