Final Report, Volumes 2-3Federal Energy Administration, 1977 |
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Page 33 - States courts of any Territory or other place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, to enjoin such acts or practices, and upon a proper showing a permanent or temporary injunction or restraining order shall be granted without bond.
Page 91 - Consolidated Edison Co. v. Labor Board, 305 US 197, 229. Accordingly, it "must do more than create a suspicion of the existence of the fact to be established. ... it must be enough to justify, if the trial were to a jury, a refusal to direct a verdict when the conclusion sought to be drawn from it is one of fact for the jury.
Page 123 - ... is reserved to officers of the Department of Justice, under the direction of the Attorney General.
Page 33 - Columbia, or the United States courts of any Territory or other place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, to enjoin such acts or practices...
Page 20 - ... (A) protection of public health, safety, and welfare (including maintenance of residential heating, such as individual homes, apartments, and similar occupied dwelling units), and the national defense; (B) maintenance of all public services (including facilities and services provided by municipally, cooperatively, or investor owned utilities or by any State or local government or authority, and including transportation facilities and services which serve the public at large...
Page 6 - Firm" means any association, company, corporation, estate, individual, joint-venture, partnership, or sole proprietorship or any other entity however organized including charitable, educational, or other eleemosynary institutions, and the Federal government including corporations, departments, Federal agencies, and other instrumentalities, and State and local governments.
Page 45 - FEO may allocate such costs between the affiliated entities if it determines that such allocation Is necessary to reflect the actual costs of these entities or the FEO may disallow any costs which it determines to be In excess of the proper measurement of costs.
Page 33 - Whenever it appears to any person authorized by the President to exercise authority under this title that any individual or organization has engaged, is engaged, or is about to engage in any acts or practices...
Page 74 - ... (b) In any action brought under subsection (a) against any person renting property or selling goods or services who is found to have overcharged the plaintiff, the court may, in its discretion, award the plaintiff reasonable attorney's fees and costs, plus whichever of the following sums is greater : "(1) an amount not...
Page 116 - ... (c) A creditor may not be held liable in any action brought under this section for a violation of this chapter if the creditor shows by a preponderance of evidence that the violation was not intentional and resulted from a bona fide error notwithstanding the maintenance of procedures reasonably adapted to avoid any such error.