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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

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We emphasize at the outset the limited question posed here. We do not consider the constitutional propriety of administrative imposition of penalties,45 nor do we consider the propriety of relatively minor “punitive damages” under statutory schemes that expressly authorize such damages, and set a cap on such awards.46 We consider only the authority of the rent control board to impose treble damages 47