Title 15, Commerce and TradeRelease 119-102
§433 Remedies of Cooperative Association Excluded From Representation
Title 15 › CHAPTER 12 — DISCRIMINATION AGAINST FARMERS’ COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATIONS BY BOARDS OF TRADE › § 433
Summary
A cooperative association or similar group whose authorized representative is kept out of membership or privileges by a board of trade can go to the U.S. District Court for the area where that board operates. The court can order the board to admit the representative and can award any damages the group suffered.
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Title 15, §433
Commerce and Trade, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
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 15, Commerce and Trade
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102