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49 U.S.C. § 1321

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(a)In General.—The Board shall carry out this chapter and subtitle IV. Enumeration of a power of the Board in this chapter or subtitle IV does not exclude another power the Board may have in carrying out this chapter or subtitle IV. The Board may prescribe regulations in carrying out this chapter and subtitle IV.(b)Inquiries, Reports, and Orders.—The Board may—(1) inquire into and report on the management of the business of carriers providing transportation and services subject to subtitle IV;(2) inquire into and report on the management of the business of a person controlling, controlled by, or under common control with those carriers to the extent that the business of that person is related to the management of the business of that carrier;(3) obtain from those carriers and persons information the Board decides is necessary to carry out subtitle IV; and(4) when necessary to prevent irreparable harm, issue an appropriate order without regard to subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 5.(c)Subpoena Witnesses.—(1) The Board may subpoena witnesses and records related to a proceeding of the Board from any place in the United States, to the designated place of the proceeding. If a witness disobeys a subpoena, the Board, or a party to a proceeding before the Board, may petition a court of the United States to enforce that subpoena.(2) The district courts of the United States have jurisdiction to enforce a subpoena issued under this section. Trial is in the district in which the proceeding is conducted. The court may punish a refusal to obey a subpoena as a contempt of court.(d)Depositions.—(1) In a proceeding, the Board may take the testimony of a witness by deposition and may order the witness to produce records. A party to a proceeding pending before the Board may take the testimony of a witness by deposition and may require the witness to produce records at any time after a proceeding is at issue on petition and answer.(2) If a witness fails to be deposed or to produce records under paragraph (1), the Board may subpoena the witness to take a deposition, produce the records, or both.(3) A deposition may be taken before a judge of a court of the United States, a United States magistrate judge, a clerk of a district court, or a chancellor, justice, or judge of a supreme or superior court, mayor or chief magistrate of a city, judge of a county court, or court of common pleas of any State, or a notary public who is not counsel or attorney of a party or interested in the proceeding.(4) Before taking a deposition, reasonable notice must be given in writing by the party or the attorney of that party proposing to take a deposition to the opposing party or the attorney of record of that party, whoever is nearest. The notice shall state the name of the witness and the time and place of taking the deposition.(5) The testimony of a person deposed under this subsection shall be taken under oath. The person taking the deposition shall prepare, or cause to be prepared, a transcript of the testimony taken. The transcript shall be subscribed by the deponent.(6) The testimony of a witness who is in a foreign country may be taken by deposition before an officer or person designated by the Board or agreed on by the parties by written stipulation filed with the Board. A deposition shall be filed with the Board promptly.(e)Witness Fees.—Each witness summoned before the Board or whose deposition is taken under this section and the individual taking the deposition are entitled to the same fees and mileage paid for those services in the courts of the United States.(Added Pub. L. 104–88, title II, § 201(a), Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 935, § 721; renumbered § 1321, Pub. L. 114–110, § 3(a)(5), Dec. 18, 2015, 129 Stat. 2228.)Editorial NotesAmendments

2015—Pub. L. 114–110 renumbered section 721 of this title as this section.

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Cited in 16 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1961–2026 · leading case: Fed. Trade Comm'n v. Flotill Prods., Inc., 389 U.S. 179 (1967).
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Fed. Trade Comm'n v. Flotill Prods., Inc., 389 U.S. 179 (1967). · cites it 2× “§ 2031 (Atomic Energy Commission); 49 U. S. C. § 1321 (c) (Civil Aeronautics Board); 47 U.”
Braniff Airways, Inc. v. Civil Aeronautics Bd., E. Air Lines, Inc., Intervenor, 379 F.2d 453 (D.C. Cir. 1967). “Under the notation practice the views and votes of the members of a regulatory agency may be recorded separately rather than in joint session, and circulated to the remaining members for their attention.”
Wenninger v. United States, 234 F. Supp. 499 (D. Del. 1964). · cites it 2× “See also 49 U.S.C. § 1321 (a) (1); 8 Am.Jur. 2d, Aviation § 10.”
Daniel Henry Arney & Charles H. Baker v. United States of Am., 479 F.2d 653 (9th Cir. 1973). “See note following 49 U.S.C. § 1321 . 4 . There are no provisions in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure for the state practice of filing “declarations under penalty of perjury” in lieu of affidavits.”
Archie Brown v. United States, 334 F.2d 488 (9th Cir. 1964). “§ 78 (d) ; 49 U.S.C. § 1321 ; and 49 U.S.C. § 11 . The fact that a high percentage would discharge their duties without favoritism is to no avail.”
Assure Competitive Transp., Inc. v. United States, 629 F.2d 467 (7th Cir. 1980). “, Civil Aeronautics Board, 49 U.S.C. § 1321 (c) (three of five); Federal Communications Commission, 47 U.”
S & E Contractors, Inc. v. The United States, 433 F.2d 1373 (Ct. Cl. 1970). “§ 151 (1934); Civil Aeronautics Board, 49 U.S.C. § 1321 (1958); Interstate Commerce Commission, 49 U.”
Timm, 223 Ct. Cl. 639 (Ct. Cl. 1980). “49 U.S.C. § 1321 (a)(2) (1976). The letter indicated also that the hearing would be conducted in the office of the counsel to the President.”
Grand Trunk Corp. v. STB (7th Cir. 2025). · cites it 4× “The carriers urge that this aspect of the Rule exceeds the Board’s ancillary powers conferred in its enabling statute, 49 U.S.C. § 1321 . Resolving this question is compli- cated by the Board’s failure in the Final Rule to rely expressly on its statutory authority under §…”
Winninger v. United States, 234 F. Supp. 499 (D. Del. 1964). · cites it 2× “See also 49 U.S.C. § 1321 (a) (1); 8 Am.Jur.2d, Aviation § 10.”
United States v. McHugh (D.D.C. 2022). “either House of Congress, a joint committee of the two Houses, or a committee or a subcommittee of either House”); 49 U.S.C. §§ 1321–23 (creating procedures for “a proceeding before” the Surface Transportation Board).”
In Re Demaree Reed (Tex. 2026). “See 49 U.S.C. § 1321 . But as we explain above, the Board’s powers are tied to its statutory mandate to carry out the provisions of ICCTA.”
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