Denis J. Murphy, Trustee v. Household Finance Corporation

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• stating that the Truth in Lending Act is \not made penal by the fact that the statute allows cumulative recoveries as a vehicle for encouraging enforcement\
• finding that \[t]he Truth in Lending Act ultimately serves the dual purpose of providing a remedy for harm to the monetary interests of individuals while serving to deter socially undesirable lending practices\
• finding the Truth in Lending Act remedial even though consumers would \have difficulty demonstrating the precise dollar amount of their injuries\
• Truth in Lending Act’s double damages provision is compensatory; doubling merely provides for liquidated damages
• first citing Huntington v. Attrill, 146 U.S. 857, 666-69 (1892), then citing Bowles, 147 F.2d at 428, and then citing Porter v. Household Fin. Corp., 385 F.Supp. 336, 340-42 (S.D. Ohio 1974) (Kinneary, CJ)

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