Regulations last checked for updates: Feb 16, 2025

Title 49 - Transportation last revised: Jan 27, 2025
§ 604.38 - Discovery.

(a) Permissible forms of discovery shall be within the discretion of the PO.

(b) The PO shall limit the frequency and extent of discovery permitted by this section if a party shows that:

(1) The information requested is cumulative or repetitious;

(2) The information requested may be obtained from another less burdensome and more convenient source;

(3) The party requesting the information has had ample opportunity to obtain the information through other discovery methods permitted under this section; or

(4) The method or scope of discovery requested by the party is unduly burdensome or expensive.

authority: 49 U.S.C. 5323(d): 3023(d), Pub. L. 109-59; 49 CFR 1.51
source: 73 FR 2345, Jan. 14, 2008, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 49 CFR 604.38