77-1-43 - Enforcement of laws and orders, decisions and determinations of commission [Repealed effective December 31, 2011].
§ 77-1-43. Enforcement of laws and orders, decisions and determinations of commission [Repealed effective December 31, 2011].
(1) The commission may apply to the circuit or chancery court, by proper proceeding, for aid in the enforcement of obedience to its process, and to compel compliance with the law and its lawful orders, decisions, and determinations. Said courts shall have jurisdiction to grant aid and relief in such cases, subject to the right of appeal to the Supreme Court by the party aggrieved. The Attorney General, or district attorney in his district, shall institute such proceedings in the name of the commission.
(2) Any action for violation of the law, or for the violation of any lawful rule, regulation or order of the commission may be instituted by the commission or by the Attorney General in any court of competent jurisdiction.
(3) The remedies given by this chapter against all carriers under the supervision of the commission, are cumulative to those now in existence by law.
Sources: Codes, 1892, § 4286; 1906, § 4838; Hemingway's 1917, § 7623; 1930, § 7040; 1942, §§ 7701, 7817; Laws, 1938, ch. 139; reenacted without change, Laws, 1982, ch. 389, § 22; reenacted and amended, Laws, 1990, ch. 530, § 20; reenacted without change, Laws, 1993, ch. 616, § 18; reenacted without change, Laws, 1996, ch. 526, § 19; reenacted without change, 1998, ch. 303, § 19; reenacted without change, Laws, 2002, ch. 452, § 19; reenacted without change, Laws, 2006, ch. 386, § 19; reenacted without change, Laws, 2008, ch. 406, § 19, eff Dec. 11, 2008 (the later of July 1, 2008, or the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, to the reenactment of this section.)