Sec. 1.721  Format and content.

    (a) A formal complaint shall contain:
    (1) The name of each complainant and defendant;
    (2) The occupation, address and telephone number of each complainant 
and, to the extent known, each defendant;
    (3) The name, address, and telephone number of complainant's 
attorney, if represented by counsel;
    (4) Citation to the section of the Communications Act and/or order 
and/or regulation of the Commission alleged to have been violated.
    (5) A complete statement of facts which, if proven true, would 
constitute such a violation;
    (6) Complete identification or description, including relevant time 
period, of the communications, transmissions, services, or other carrier 
conduct complained of and nature of the injury sustained;
    (7) The relief sought, including recovery of damages and the amount 
of damages claimed, if known; and
    (8) Whether suit has been filed in any court or other government 
agency on the basis of the same cause of action.
    (b) The following format may be used in cases to which it is 
applicable, with such modifications as the circumstances may render 
necessary:

   Before the Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC 20554

    In the matter of

 _______________________________________________________________________
Complainant,

    v.

 _______________________________________________________________________
Defendant.

File No. (To be inserted by the Common Carrier Bureau)

                                Complaint

To: The Commission.
    The complainant (here insert full name of each complainant and, if a 
corporation, the corporate title of such complainant) shows that:
    1. (Here state occupation, post office address, and telephone number 
of each complainant).
    2. (Here insert the name, occupation and, to the extent known, 
address and telephone number of defendants).
    3. (Here insert fully and clearly the specific act or thing 
complained of, together with

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such facts as are necessary to give a full understanding of the matter, 
including relevant legal and documentary support).
    Wherefore, complainant asks (here state specifically the relief 
desired).

 _______________________________________________________________________
(Date)

 _______________________________________________________________________
(Name of each complainant)

 _______________________________________________________________________

(Name, address, and telephone number of attorney, if any)
[ 53 FR 11853 , Apr. 11, 1988]