Part 502 — Rules of Practice and Procedure
Subpart A — General Information
- § 502.1— Scope of rules in this part.
- § 502.2— Filing of documents.
- § 502.3— Compliance with rules or orders of Commission.
- § 502.4— Authentication of rules or orders of Commission.
- § 502.5— Documents containing confidential materials.
- § 502.6— Verification of documents.
- § 502.7— Documents in foreign languages.
- § 502.8— Denial of applications and notice thereof.
- § 502.9— Suspension, amendment, etc., of rules in this part.
- § 502.10— Waiver of rules in this part.
- § 502.11— Ex parte communications.
- § 502.12— Applicability of Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
- § 502.13— Privacy protection for filings made with the Commission.
- § 502.14— Public hearings.
Subpart B — Appearance and Practice Before the Commission
- § 502.21— Appearance.
- § 502.22— Authority for representation.
- § 502.23— Notice of appearance; substitution and withdrawal of representative.
- § 502.24— Practice before the Commission defined.
- § 502.25— Presiding officer.
- § 502.26— Attorneys at law.
- § 502.27— Persons not attorneys at law.
- § 502.31— Statement of interest.
- § 502.32— Former employees.
Subpart C — Parties
Subpart D — Rulemaking
- § 502.51— Initiation of procedure to issue, amend, or repeal a rule.
- § 502.52— Notice of proposed rulemaking.
- § 502.53— Participation in rulemaking.
- § 502.54— Contents of rules.
- § 502.55— Effective date of rules.
- § 502.56— Negotiated rulemaking.
- § 502.57— Service by parties of pleadings and other documents.
Subpart E — Private Complaints and Commission Investigations
- § 502.61— Proceedings.
- § 502.62— Private party complaints for formal adjudication.
- § 502.63— Commission enforcement action.
- § 502.64— Alternative dispute resolution.
- § 502.65— Decision on default.
- § 502.66— Amendments or supplements to pleadings.
- § 502.67— Motion for more definite statement.
- § 502.68— Motion for leave to intervene.
- § 502.69— Motions.
- § 502.70— Procedure for dispositive motions.
- § 502.71— Procedure for non-dispositive motions.
- § 502.72— Dismissals.
- § 502.73— Brief of an amicus curiae.
- § 502.74— Consolidation of proceedings.
- § 502.75— Opportunity for informal settlement.
Subpart F — Petitions, Exemptions, and Orders to Show Cause
Subpart G — Time
Subpart H — Service of Documents
Subpart I — Subpoenas
Subpart J — Disclosures and Discovery
- § 502.141— Duty to disclose; general provisions governing discovery.
- § 502.142— Persons before whom depositions may be taken.
- § 502.143— Depositions by oral examination.
- § 502.144— Depositions by written questions.
- § 502.145— Interrogatories to parties.
- § 502.146— Producing documents, electronically stored information, and tangible things, or entering onto land, for inspection and other purposes.
- § 502.147— Requests for admission.
- § 502.148— Use of discovery procedures directed to Commission staff personnel.
- § 502.149— Use of depositions at hearings.
- § 502.150— Motions to compel initial disclosures or compliance with discovery requests; failure to comply with order to make disclosure or answer or produce documents; sanctions; enforcement.
Subpart L — Presentation of Evidence
- § 502.201— Applicability and scope.
- § 502.202— Right of parties to present evidence.
- § 502.203— Burden of proof.
- § 502.204— Evidence admissible.
- § 502.205— Records in other proceedings.
- § 502.206— Documents incorporated into the record by reference.
- § 502.207— Stipulations.
- § 502.208— Objection to public disclosure of information.
- § 502.209— Prehearing conference.
- § 502.210— Prehearing statements.
- § 502.211— Notice of time and place of oral hearing; postponement of hearing.
- § 502.212— Exceptions to rulings of presiding officer unnecessary.
- § 502.213— Official transcript.
- § 502.214— Briefs; requests for findings.
- § 502.215— Requests for enlargement of time for filing briefs.
- § 502.216— Supplementing the record.
- § 502.217— Record of decision.
Subpart M — Decisions; Appeals; Exceptions
- § 502.221— Appeal from ruling of presiding officer other than orders of dismissal in whole or in part.
- § 502.223— Decisions—Administrative law judges.
- § 502.224— Separation of functions.
- § 502.225— Decisions—Commission.
- § 502.226— Decision based on official notice; public documents.
- § 502.227— Exceptions to decisions or orders of dismissal of administrative law judge; replies thereto; review of decisions or orders of dismissal by Commission; and judicial review.
- § 502.228— Request for enlargement of time to file exceptions and replies to exceptions.
- § 502.229— Certification of record by presiding or other officer.
- § 502.230— Reopening by Commission.
Subpart N — Oral Argument; Submission for Final Decision
Subpart O — Reparation; Attorney Fees
Subpart P — Reconsideration of Proceedings
Subpart Q — Refund or Waiver of Freight Charges
Subpart R — Nonadjudicatory Investigations
- § 502.281— Investigational policy.
- § 502.282— Initiation of investigations.
- § 502.283— Order of investigation.
- § 502.284— By whom conducted.
- § 502.285— Investigational hearings.
- § 502.286— Compulsory process.
- § 502.287— Depositions.
- § 502.288— Reports.
- § 502.289— Noncompliance with investigational process.
- § 502.290— Rights of witness.
- § 502.291— Nonpublic proceedings.
Subpart S — Informal Procedure for Adjudication of Small Claims
Subpart T — Formal Procedure for Adjudication of Small Claims
- § 502.311— Applicability.
- § 502.312— Answer to complaint.
- § 502.313— Reply of complainant.
- § 502.314— Additional information.
- § 502.315— Request for oral hearing.
- § 502.316— Intervention.
- § 502.317— Oral argument.
- § 502.318— Decision.
- § 502.319— Date of service and computation of time.
- § 502.320— Service.
- § 502.321— Applicability of other rules of this part.
Subpart U — Alternative Dispute Resolution
- § 502.401— Policy.
- § 502.402— Definitions.
- § 502.403— General authority.
- § 502.404— Neutrals.
- § 502.405— Confidentiality.
- § 502.406— Arbitration.
- § 502.407— Authority of the arbitrator.
- § 502.408— Conduct of arbitration proceedings.
- § 502.409— Arbitration awards.
- § 502.410— Representation of parties.
- § 502.411— Mediation and other alternative means of dispute resolution.
Subpart V — Implementation of the Equal Access to Justice Act in Commission Proceedings
Subpart W — Compromise, Assessment, Mitigation, Settlement, and Collection of Civil Penalties
Subpart X — Hearing Procedure Governing Denial, Suspension, or Revocation of OTI License
- § 502.701— Purpose and scope.
- § 502.702— Hearing requests.
- § 502.703— Applicant or licensee response.
- § 502.704— Reply.
- § 502.705— Additional information.
- § 502.706— Request for an oral hearing or argument.
- § 502.707— Intervention.
- § 502.708— Decision.
- § 502.709— Applicability of other rules to this subpart.