Legal Opinion
Ellis v. Lynch
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided June 27, 1952No. Civ. A. No. 156-51PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, District Judge.
This is an action for treble damages under Section 205 of the Housing and Rent Act of 1947, as amended, 50 U.S.C.A. Appendix, § 1895. The complaint, which was filed in this court on February 20, 1951, states a claim for three times the amount of the overcharges which the plaintiff alleges were demanded and received by the defendant in the months from August 1948 to August 1950. It is clear that p.art of this claim is barred by the statutory limitation; the plaintiff may recover only three times the amount of the overcharges demanded and received by the defendant within…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Herb v. PitcairnSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Herb v. PitcairnSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Matheny v. PorterCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1946
- Fields v. WashingtonCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1949
- Adler v. Northern Hotel Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1949
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Bonhiver v. GraffSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1976
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- Black v. the City National Bank and Trust CompanySupreme Court of Missouri · 1959
- Covington v. UNITED STATES, BY THROUGH DEPARTMENT OF AIR FORCEDistrict Court, N.D. Mississippi · 1969
- Barbara Young, Personal Representative of the Estate of James Young, Deceased v. Clantech, IncCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1988
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