47 U.S.C. § 411 : US Code - Section 411: Joinder of parties

Search 47 U.S.C. § 411 : US Code - Section 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.