Title 15Commerce and TradeRelease 119-73

§433 Remedies of cooperative association excluded from representation

Title 15 › Chapter CHAPTER 12— - DISCRIMINATION AGAINST FARMERS’ COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATIONS BY BOARDS OF TRADE › § 433

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

A cooperative association or organization whose authorized representative is excluded by a board of trade may sue in the U.S. District Court where the board operates. The court can force admission and award damages it finds appropriate.

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Title 15, §433

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Any such cooperative association or any such organization whose duly authorized representative is excluded from such membership and privileges by any board of trade referred to in section 432 of this title may sue in the United States District Court in whose jurisdiction such board of trade is operated or maintained for a mandatory injunction compelling such board of trade to admit such duly authorized representative to such membership and privileges and for any damages sustained, and such court shall have jurisdiction to issue such an injunction and to award such incidental damages as it may deem appropriate.

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15 U.S.C. § 433

Title 15Commerce and Trade

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73