Woods v. Ray

The complaint charged that defendant was the owner of a housing accommodation in Indianapolis, Indiana, and that defendant had violated the Act and regulations by demanding and receiving from five named tenants the sum of $462.50 in excess of the allowed maximum for the housing units in question. In his complaint, plaintiff prayed (1) for a judgment restraining defendant from further violation of the Act; (2) for a judgment ordering defendant to make restitution to the tenants in the amount of the overcharges; and (3) for a judgment that defendant pay to the United States as damages twice the…