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· 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

How courts have described this case

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

  • \[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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