47 U.S.C. § 207
Section 207 · Recovery of damages
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 153 court decisions — leading case 112 Ill. 2d 428 - Kellerman v. MCI Telecommunications Corp. (1986)
Most recently applied in Venture Comm. Co-Op, Inc. v. James Valley Co-Op Telephone Co. (July 2023)
Cases citing this section usually also cite 47 U.S.C. § 151 · 47 U.S.C. § 201 · 47 U.S.C. § 206
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Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment and consequential amendments — watch for a citation surge after a change. 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.
Any person claiming to be damaged by any common carrier subject to the provisions of this chapter may either make complaint to the Commission as hereinafter provided for, or may bring suit for the recovery of the damages for which such common carrier may be liable under the provisions of this chapter, in any district court of the United States of competent jurisdiction; but such person shall not have the right to pursue both such remedies.