Section 1808

Citation: Section 1808
Parent Document: McHugh v. Santa Monica Rent Control Board, 777 P.2d 91 (1989)
Jurisdiction: California (state)
Effective Date: 1989-08-17
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1156663/mchugh-v-santa-monica-rent-cont... ↗

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Cf., 2 Areeda & Turner, Antitrust Law (1978) ¶ 331b2, page 150, discussing policy reasons against private actions for treble damages under the federal antitrust laws: “[T]he common law’s usual discomfort with imposing unforeseen liability is greatly exacerbated when compensatory damages are automatically trebled. A defendant might reasonably suppose that he is complying with the antitrust laws, only to discover that he was mistaken initially or that the law has changed in the meantime. . . .” In the same vein, see Comment, Antitrust Enforcement by Private Parties-. Analysis of Developments in the Treble Damage Suit (1952) 61 Yale L.J. 1010, 1062 (“private suits may create windfalls, for triple damage awards . . . shape recoveries in excess of actual loss”).

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