· 7/13/1881
Two Hundred & Sixteen Loads & Six Hundred & Seventy-Eight Barrels of Fertilizer
Citations
- 88 F. 984
- 5 Hughes 310
- 1881 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 255
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- \[G]overnmental sanctions are not regarded as debts even when they require monetary payments\
- “[Gjovernmental sanctions are not regarded as debts even when they require monetary payments”
- Eighth Amendment not applicable to purely civil penalties
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Judges: Hughes
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