Bowles v. Farmers Nat. Bank of Lebanon, Ky.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• the fact that treble damages may compensate the government for general expenses of administration and investigation does not bear upon the question of whether recovery is penal in nature
• “If Congress had provided that the recoveries under this section were to be considered compensatory or liquidated damages . . . or should not be considered a penalty, the court would be bound thereby.”
• analysis of treble damage provision of Emergency Price Control Act

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).