Zuniga v. Pay Less Drug Stores, N.W., Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that in determining whether a fine is excessive, the court should take into account the income earned from the illegal activity
• “trafficking in food stamps is a serious offense that defrauds the federal government and undermines the viability of an important government program for the needy”
• rejecting argument that $40,000 fine by the FNS violates the Excessive Fines Clause
• rejecting argument that $40,000 fine by the FNS violates the Excessive Fines Clause
• applying Clause to civil monetary penalties for trafficking federal food stamps

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).