General Rules of Practice Before the Commission in Proceedings Under the Interstate Commerce Act and Related Acts with Approved FormsU.S. Government Printing Office, 1942 |
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admission admitted to practice alleged answer appear applications rule 38 attorney at law board's report cause shown certificate charges Commission finds Commission's complaint seeking damages cross complaints defendant deposition is taken desired disbar docket document exceptions exhibit number facts file and serve filed under modified formal complaint freight forwarder granted impression seal informal complaint seeking Interstate Commerce Act Interstate Commerce Commission issues joint board leave to intervene means a person ment modified procedure modified-procedure rules motion need be filed oath offered in evidence officer officer's report oral hearing original only need otherwise provided respecting permitted petition for leave petitioner pleading filed practitioner prior procedure rules 44 proceeding protest provided in rule reargument recommended order referred matter rehearing rule 72 shipments shortened procedure sion sought specified in rule Statements of claimed statutory period tariff or schedule testimony thereafter therein thereto tion transcript unless violation witness
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Page 20 - If the deposition is not signed by the witness, the officer shall sign it and state on the record the fact of the waiver or of the illness or absence of the witness or the fact of the refusal to sign together with the reason, if any, given therefor; and the deposition may then be used as fully as though signed, unless...
Page 25 - ... political subdivision in which the record is kept, authenticated by the seal of his office. If the office in which the record is kept is in a foreign state or country, the certificate may be made by a secretary of embassy or legation, consul general, consul, vice consul, or consular agent or by any officer in the foreign service of the United States stationed in the foreign state or country in which the record is kept, and authenticated by the seal of his office.
Page 25 - An official record or an entry therein, when admissible for any purpose, may be evidenced by an official publication thereof or by a copy attested by the officer having the legal custody of the record, or by his deputy, and accompanied with a certificate that such officer has the custody.
Page 20 - Any changes in form or substance which the witness desires to make shall be entered upon the deposition by the officer with a statement of the reasons given by die witness for making them.
Page 25 - That in any court of the United States and in any court established by Act of Congress, any writing or record, whether in the form of an entry in a book or otherwise...
Page 22 - The court shall make an order which recites the action taken at the conference, the amendments allowed to the pleadings, and the agreements made by the parties as to any of the matters considered, and which limits the issues for trial to those not disposed of by admissions or agreements of counsel; and such order when entered, controls the subsequent course of the action, unless modified at the trial to prevent manifest injustice.
Page 9 - ... (b) Content. — An informal complaint seeking damages, when permitted under the act, must be filed within the statutory period, and should contain such data as will serve to identify with reasonable definiteness the shipments or transportation services in respect of which damages are sought. Such complaint should state: (1) that complainant makes claim for damages, (2) the name of each individual seeking damages, (3) the names of defendants against which claim is made, (4) the commodities, the...
Page 20 - All objections made at the time of the examination to the qualifications of the officer taking the deposition, or to the manner of taking It, or to the evidence presented, or to the conduct of any party, and any other objections to the proceedings, shall be noted by the officer upon the deposition. Evidence objected to shall be taken subject to the objections. Any party served with a notice to take an oral deposition may crossexamine a witness whose testimony Is taken under such deposition.
Page 20 - In lieu of participating in the oral examination, parties served with notice of taking a deposition may transmit written interrogatories to the officer, who shall propound them to the witness and record the answers verbatim.
Page 1 - Timely filing required. Pleadings, requests, or other papers or documents required or permitted to be filed under this part must be received for filing at the Commission's offices at Washington. DC, within the time limits, if any, for such filing. The date of receipt at the Commission and not the date of deposit in the mails is determinative.